Tivan awards ECI contract for Speewah Fluorite Project access road to MDM Mining & Civil

• Tivan has awarded an Early Contractor Involvement (“ECI”) contract to MDM Mining & Civil supporting access road design for the Speewah Fluorite Project (“Project”) in the East Kimberley region of WA.
• Tivan is progressing a Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”) for the Project for an Australian-first mining and processing operation of fluorite ore to produce acid grade fluorspar, in joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation and Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security.
• MDM Mining & Civil is a Kimberley based Indigenous owned and operated business with extensive experience in earthmoving, mining, civil construction and surveying services across Australia.
• The ECI scope will include assessment of road constructability, materials, hydrology, scheduling and execution strategy in support of finalising DFS design and competitive tendering for the access road.
• Tivan’s objective is to optimise the constructability, capital cost and scheduling of access road delivery through this ECI scope.

Comment from Executive Chairman of Tivan Limited

Mr Grant Wilson commented:

“Tivan is very pleased to award the ECI contract for the access road at Speewah to MDM Mining & Civil. This is a merit-based award, with MDM having demonstrated outstanding operational capabilities and willing partnership over the past two years.

With Tivan’s strong commitment to localisation and the genuine inclusion of Aboriginal Australians, this award is reflective of how we envisage the Speewah Fluorite Project will take shape and meaningfully contribute to the East Kimberley region”.

The full ASX Announcement is available here.