I must say , I reckon there is definitely more going on with this potential JV with Simulus than is being eluded to in the Announcements up to now.   

It does seem an awful long way to cart 40 tonnes of earth and rock to say draw a blank.

So it would be my opinion based on their earlier testing of the samples that they already know what they will find - and clearly someone else wants more ' Stuff ' - and by stuff I mean Co & Sc.   

Remembering this announcement with the emphasis on ' Large Scale ' .   Note I got my earlier estimated time frames from the highlighted ' more than 2 tonnes ' a day processing capacity.   

Could we be looking at a potential deal with SKI as well ? ......

Simulus to build large scale ScO3-CoSO4-NiSO4 demonstration plant for Australian Mines

by admin | May 15, 2017 | Updates |

Simulus Laboratories are proud to have been selected to build and operate a new 600L demonstration autoclave as part of a demonstration plant for Australian Mines Limited. The plant shall combine a new 600L autoclave and Simulus Laboratories’ existing hydromet infrastructure to process over 2 tonnes per day of ore via pressure acid leaching to produce scandium oxide, cobalt sulphate and nickel sulphate products.

A relatively short project timeline of 6 months is planned. This is achievable due to Simulus Engineers’ in-house autoclave design capacity and established fabrication partners’ experience of working together on three previous autoclaves.