SVML to commence Pilot Mining:

- Over 3 months

- Excavating 150,000 cubic meters

- From a test pit of 120m by 110m, 20m deep

- Using dry & Hydraulic techniques

- Across a 9.9-hectare test site including stockpiles, laydown areas and infrastructure

Primary Objectives:

- Optimise mining methods through empirical data

- Scale-up existing in-country processing capacity

- Optimise tailings management

- Provide bulk samples for graphite qualification

- Design land rehabilitation schemes for backfill and revegetation

Reasons to add SVML to your watchlist:

- Commercialising the World’s largest rutile resource & World leading Graphite discovery

- PFS post tax NPV8 of $1.6Bn

- Rio Tinto Strategic investor at 15%