Crosslands Resources' Jack Hills Project is located 380 kilometres north-east of Geraldton in the mid west region of Western Australia.
The Jack Hills Project was previously explored in the 1970s which identified the potential for a number of deposits of high grade hematite ore. The project tenements contain a number of potential ore bodies characterised by high iron content direct shipping ores (DSO) which have low phosphorus, aluminium/silica and sulphur, and lower grade banded iron ores which appear conducive to being upgraded to a high quality iron concentrate.
Both the DSO and concentrate are sought-after commodities in the steel making industry.
Crosslands is employing a two stage strategy to develop the project :
Stage 1 operations utilise contract mining, crushing and screening. Iron ore is transported to Geraldton by contract road haulage to iron ore storage and transfer facilities at the Port of Geraldton, ahead of shipment to customers.
Stage 2 of the development is the mine expansion project which is targeting a substantial expansion of annual production capacity contingent on the development of transport infrastructure including a heavy haulage railway and deep water port at Oakajee.
| View of Jack Hills site, facing East |