APPROVAL TO COMMENCE OPERATIONS AT THE MARDIE PROJECTBCI...

APPROVAL TO COMMENCE OPERATIONS
AT THE MARDIE PROJECT
BCI Minerals Limited (ASX: BCI) is pleased to announce that the Commonwealth Government has
granted environmental approval for the Optimised Mardie Project (OMP). This significant
milestone allows operations to commence and enables further construction in the northern area
of the project footprint, positioning BCI Minerals to become Australia’s newest producer of highquality industrial salt.
Today, the Commonwealth Minister for Environment and Water, the Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, officially
provided ministerial approval for the OMP under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). With this approval secured, BCI Minerals will commence operations
by filling evaporation ponds 1, 2, and 3 with seawater from 10 September.
Once the initial three ponds are filled, BCI Minerals will update its Groundwater Monitoring and
Management Plan (GMMP) using real-time data from the Company’s extensive network of monitoring
bores and additional studies and resubmit the GMMP to the WA and Federal environmental regulators
for approval prior to filling evaporation ponds 4 through 9.
Construction of the salt-first component of the Mardie Project is progressing steadily, with 48 per cent
already completed, and over $700M of BCI Minerals shareholders’ funds invested to date. Construction
in the section of the OMP footprint not included in the original Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) footprint
is set to commence on 10 September (refer to Figure 1).
The Company remains on track to achieve first salt on ship in Q2 FY27, positioning BCI Minerals to
become a significant supplier of high-quality industrial salt to global markets.