BCI's Mardie - The Road to 6.0Mtpa Salt and 160ktpa SOP

BCI's Mardie Salt and SOP Project will be utilising an inexhaustible seawater resource and a production processdriven mainly by natural solar and wind energy. Mardie will be a sustainable supplier to the global salt and potashgrowth markets, delivering benefits to BCI stakeholders over many decades.

Most of us here will be aware that the first, full state and federal EPA approval for Mardie was/is for initial production targets of 4.4Mtpa of high purity salt and 120ktpa of SOP.

A map of the current, EPA approved layout is below.

With initial construction underway, BCI is rapidly advancing its 100% owned Mardie Salt & Potash Project, a future Tier 1 project located onthe West Pilbara coast in the centre of Australia's key salt production region. The recent Environmental Application for the Optimised Mardie Project will see increased production targets to 5.35Mtpa of high purity salt and 140ktpa of SOP.

A map of the proposed, Optimised Mardie Project is below.

But were you aware that as a result of further tenement/land acquisitions in 2020 by the company, that the eventual plan is for Mardie to increase production to 6.0Mtpa Salt and 160ktpa SOP?

The acquired tenements are shown below in Pink and Yellow, with a further map below showing the possible layout of the northern half of the supersized Mardie.


While the layouts have changed and will continue to evolve as the project develops, the expansion in the north east corner would ultimately makeMardie one of the largest solar evaporation operations globally and could deliver considerable value upside.