RE: Chinese funding what happened to it????11 Mar 2026 07:40
Next Steps
· CC6 will undertake the FEED contract for the whole project, with the exception of equipment relating to the uranium and molybdenum sorption which is relatively minor in cost and uses technology well-known to the Company
· The agreed cost of FEED will be US$4.1m for the specification on which the Feasibility Study, announced on 13 October 2025, was based. The estimated period to complete FEED is six months
· The Company and CC6 are currently negotiating to slightly extend the scope of FEED to include those changes necessary to make the oxides of vanadium suitable for making electrolyte for vanadium redox flow batteries, at higher than standard purity, suitable for bulk storage of renewable energy
· The total cost estimated by CC6 for the EPC is US$261m. On this basis, after adding the anticipated cost of items outside the scope of CC6 and essential non-capex expenditure such as working capital, owner's costs and insurance, the total projected funding requirement for the Project including a 15% contingency could be expected to be around US$356m
· At the conclusion of FEED, CC6 will confirm their EPC Cost Estimate. If this confirmed cost is acceptable to the Company, a binding fixed cost EPC contract will be entered into