Chatham Rock Phosphate Ltd.’s chief executive officer Chris Castle, in company with Cloncurry-based executive director Colin Randall and field manager Maurice March, visited all Korella sites last week.
Accompanying them was Lindsay Crutch from consulting firm WSP which is assisting in the mining lease application for Korella North and is the independent leader for the prefeasibility study for the two-million-tonne-per-annum Korella South project.
Mr. Castle was also able to meet with elders of the Yulluna people who are the native titleholders for both Korella North and Korella South.
During the two-day visit inspections were made of the sites for the Cloncurry distribution hub and Korella MCP’s monocalcium phosphate plant.
Mr. Castle commented: “This was a most instructive visit to the sites of our multiple proposed mining projects at Korella and the distribution hub and MCP plant at Cloncurry. Probably the most striking feature was the huge competitive advantage our projects have being adjacent to the railway. Not for us trucking rock phosphate huge distances across flood vulnerable roads and expensive double handling of our product. Our initial flagship project, Korella North, is a short walk from the train tracks.”
