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Australian govt grants major status to PGE/nickel/copper project

The Gonneville project is located on Chalice-owned farmland outside Perth.

The Gonneville project is located on Chalice-owned farmland outside Perth.

14th October 2024

By: Mariaan Webb

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

     

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Commonwealth Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic has granted major project status to Chalice Mining’s Gonneville project, in Western Australia.

Gonneville, located about 70 km north-east of Perth on Chalice-owned farmland, has the potential to produce a rare mix of critical and strategic minerals required for decarbonisation and urbanisation, including nickel, copper, cobalt, palladium and platinum.

Chalice CEO and MD Alex Dorsch pointed out that Gonneville was the first major platinum group element (PGE) discovery in Australia and an important part of the country’s future critical minerals ambition.

The project is currently in the prefeasibility-study stage, with regulatory approvals progressing in parallel.

Commonwealth major project status enables strategically significant projects to obtain extra support and coordinated approvals. Major project status will see the Major Project Facilitation Agency (MPFA) within the commonwealth Department of Industry Science and Resources provide case-management support to assist Chalice in navigating commonwealth approval processes.

The MPFA will also liaise with the Western Australian Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation to ensure that its case management support complements that provided by the Western Australian government.

In September, Western Australian Premier Roger Cook awarded strategic project status to Gonneville project.

Current global production of palladium, platinum, nickel and cobalt is dominated by Russia, South Africa, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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