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“THERE’S NO ONE DOING WHAT WE’RE DOING…THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE’VE GOT ENABLES US TO LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITH OXIDE POTENTIAL IN AND AROUND THE AREA.”

“THERE’S NO ONE DOING WHAT WE’RE DOING…THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE’VE GOT ENABLES US TO LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITH OXIDE POTENTIAL IN AND AROUND THE AREA.”
Speaking to Mining.com.au, Austral Resources Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director Dan Jauncey says this achievement comes during a time in which copper is in dire need to fuel the world’s transition into net zero carbon emissions, and to supply the growing demand for green energy appliances.

Adding on to this, Jauncey told this news service Austral has recorded this achievement amidst a challenging period of time, in which the company had to overcome an unprecedented wet season that is wreaking havoc within Queensland’s Mt Isa Inlier, and on the company’s operations.

The CEO says, with this milestone achieved at Anthill, the company is now a ‘big dog’ in the yard, and that it is truly ‘unique’ due to the production of its own copper cathode product.

“We’re fortunate for us that copper is tracking in the direction it is with decarbonisation and electrification, and the fact that there is a shortage of copper at the moment, so timing for us is everything and is really fortuitous.

There’s no one doing what we’re doing…the infrastructure that we’ve got enables us to look at other opportunities with oxide potential in and around the area. There are other organisations out there producing copper through a tolling arrangement predominantly with sulphides, but as far as producing a metal that’s 99.9% pure, we’re the only guys out there doing that.

We’re certainly very unique in the fact that we have our own infrastructure and we produce our own copper cathode.