taa v sgw, page-15

from one of the recent announcements. Notice low cost mentioned in the last paragraph :

Feasibility Study
As part of progressing the Mt Deans project to production stage, Tantalum is undertaking a
feasibility study based on utilising its significant existing plant at Norseman. The study should be
completed no later than late October 2004 and includes:
• Further RC and diamond drilling
• A new resource estimate incorporating past and proposed drilling
• Preliminary pit optimisation.
• Metallurgical test work
• Engineering study and cost estimates of utilising the common infrastructure at the
company’s 300,000 tpa Norseman CIP processing plant (currently on care and
maintenance), which includes crushing, grinding, tailings storage facility, process water
supply and dams.)
The availability of this infrastructure should enable a low cost and rapid start up of operations
following a favourable feasibility.
Results are awaited for drill holes completed late in the current program including shallow holes
drilled to extend the laterite mineralisation discovered by the previous drilling programme.