NextFin News — China's Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. and its Australian joint venture partner Mineral Resources (MinRes) have formal cure-to-investment approvals for a 490 million Australian dollar ($325 million) expansion at the Mt Marion lithium operation in Western Australia.
The capital allocation will be deployed on a 100% equity basis across the 2027 and 2028 fiscal years to finance a new 240 million AUD flotation plant and a 220 million AUD underground pre-production development.
Based on current spodumene concentrate spot prices hovering around $2,700 per ton, the companies project the total capital payback period will fall under twelve months. Scheduled to operate as a blended open-pit and underground mine by FY28, the technical upgrades will increase installed production capacity from 500,000 to 600,000 tons per annum.
The optimized processing infrastructure will also raise lithium recovery rates to 70% while transitioning the facility's output into a single, higher-grade spodumene product.
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