Technology Metals Australia Advances Key Infrastructure To Support Delivery Of MTMP

Advanced vanadium developer Technology Metals Australia Ltd (ASX:TMT) has made significant progress on key infrastructure to support the construction and operation of its flagship Murchison Technology Metals Project (MTMP) in Western Australia.

In order to ensure access, the company has finalised a road access agreement with the Shire of Meekatharra, providing a framework for the use and maintenance of the key public roads.

Technology Metals management also recently attended the official opening of APA Group (ASX:APA) Ltd’s Northern Goldfields Interconnect (NGI) pipeline, which will provide greater energy security and support growth and transition in the Western Australia resources sector.

The proposed Gabanintha Gas Pipeline will be a spur pipeline off the NGI, with APA progressing the workstreams to support its development, in line with the early works agreement in alignment with the MTMP.

The completion of the NGI and the progress being made by APA on the proposed pipeline are important components of the development of the MTMP, synchronizing seamlessly with the MTMP implementation phase.

What’s more, discussions are proceeding with the Mid West Ports Authority for a cooperation agreement to enable the use of the Port of Geraldton for export and import activities

“Exciting and significant milestone”

Technology Metals managing director Ian Prentice said: “The TMT team continues to maintain focus on all workstreams in the delivery of the Murchison Technology Metals Project, an important part of which is the infrastructure required to facilitate and support the project.

“The opening of APA’s NGI pipeline is an exciting and significant milestone not only for Western Australia but for the MTMP, providing another foundation piece for the delivery of this great project.

“The proposed Gabanintha Gas Pipeline, a spur from the NGI, is anticipated to deliver a cost-effective, low-risk energy supply solution to the MTMP that complements our proposed on-site renewable energy generation, and further supports other mining and industrial development in the Mid-West.

“We are also very pleased to have continued to work closely with the Shire of Meekatharra around the road access agreement, which will not only provide certainty around the use of public roads for the development and operation of the project but also ensure an ongoing community benefit through the upgrade and maintenance of these roads.”

Proposed pipeline

The proposed pipeline is designed to come from a point to the east of Mount Magnet as a spur of the NGI.

NGI is a 580-kilometre buried pipeline that connects the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline to the Goldfields Gas Pipeline.

The pipeline begins at Ambania, about 50 kilometres east of Geraldton and connects to the Goldfields Gas Pipeline, around 40 kilometres south of Leinster.