Industrial Minerals Ltd (ASX: IND) has provided an update on recent processing test results from its flagship Stockyard High Purity Silica Sand (HPSS) Project near Eneabba and Esperance East Exploration Project, both in Western Australia.
The company has said that chemical analysis results from laboratory testing conducted in China shows that both projects can be successfully beneficiated to meet Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panel glass specifications, with Esperance East potentially achieving a premium specification.
IND’s managing director Jeff Sweet commented: “As part of the efforts to progress discussions with potential offtake partners, the IND team has recently engaged with existing high purity silica sand producers as well as non-ferrous mineral processing plant manufacturers in China. Since May 2023, several trips to China have been conducted, where multiple operating beneficiation facilities producing product for sale into PV panel manufacturers were visited.
“IND subsequently sent washed silica sand samples from Stockyard and Esperance East to a leading silica sand plant supplier for testing and analysis.
“These results have shown that Stockyard’s DSO silica sand can be beneficiated to achieve a Fe2O3 level of 100ppm. At this specification the silica sand meets the requirements of PV solar panel glass producers. This HPSS market which feeds directly into the PV solar panel end users is projected to grow at the rate of 30.72% annually to 20291. This is fantastic news, supporting IND’s determined efforts to progress the Stockyard Project into production.”
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