The study assumes a base case market price of $2,900/tonne for battery-grade high-purity manganese sulphate, which is well below the long-term forecast price of $4,200/tonne estimated by CPM Group.
Based on this, the Battery Hill project would generate average annual gross revenue of $177 million over a life of 47 years, including 40 years of mine production and seven years of stockpile reclaim feed. Average gross revenue for the first seven years is $220 million. Its life of mine operating cost comes to $122/tonne of material processed.
Over an estimated 47-year mine life, the 1,000-tonne-per-day operation is estimated to produce 3.2 million tonnes of high-purity manganese sulphate, for annual production of 68,000 tonnes. Average production over the first seven years is 84,000 tonnes.
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