Butcherbird

Project Highlights

• Australia’s largest onshore manganese resource (>260 million tonnes)
• Butcherbird is 100% owned by Element 25
• Butcherbird has very simple geology and extremely low levels of contaminants
• It is mined in an environmentally benign manner with no explosives, no waste water and only water used as a reagent

Our Butcherbird Project in WA hosts Australia’s largest onshore manganese resource, comprising large tonnages of near-surface manganese oxide ore in seven deposits.

We commenced mining and concentrate production at Butcherbird in mid-2021, with ore transported from site to Port Hedland, WA for shipment.

We plan to use manganese concentrate from Butcherbird in our HPMSM production.

Geology

Butcherbird’s geology is simple, which simplifies our mining operations. The ore zone at Yanneri Ridge is at surface, dips shallowly to the north resulting in a very low strip ratio estimated at 0.2:1.

The uniform grade distribution means that the entire ore zone is mined for processing, with no need for grade control or selectivity.

Resources and Reserves