With Hawsons being a little more active on the socials lately, I thought I'd take a look and see who is paying attention.
There is a wife variety of people from different backgrounds, but a strong representation from those in with mining and exploration backgrounds, including geo's, drilling and processing. At the bottom of this post is a few people that I found interesting are taking note and liking what Hawsons are doing.
There was also a comment and response that I found VERY interesting. Longer term shareholders would remember former MD Quentin Hill. He asked a question that has been on my mind with respect to by-products.
I have recently commented about the possibility of hematite being a viable byproduct.
The other byproduct that has been mentioned in silica sands. However, the comments have only been about its use in construction. Whilst I acknowledge that is a possible use, when I did some research a while ago I couldn't see much value add for Hawsons in silica sands for construction given transport costs - unless there were construction projects closer than other sources of construction sands.
However, Quentin asked the question that has been on my mind. Is there anything more valuable in the silica sands than sand for construction? It seems that is something else that is being looked into. Given the mining and processing of the ore is already being done to extract the magnetite, it would be great for the economics of the project if there are other income streams in addition to the iron ore (magnetite and hematite).
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