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9 Jul 2020 07:00
9 July 2020
| AIM/ASX Code: SO4
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SALT LAKE POTASH LIMITED |
PROCUREMENT UPDATE
Salt Lake Potash Limited (SO4 or the Company) is pleased to provide an update on procurement, with all major long-lead items for the process plant and non-process infrastructure tracking in line with or ahead of the project schedule.
HIGHLIGHTS
§ The Lake Way Project is now over 90% procured with all key vendor contracts executed.
§ There are no known impacts to schedule from COVID-19.
§ The largest procurement package, the process plant crystalliser, commenced transit to Australia at the end of June and is expected to arrive at Fremantle Port in late July, several weeks ahead of schedule.
§ Other major plant components including centrifuges, attritioners, floatation cells, sizing screens, thickeners, rotary drier, impact crushers, lump breakers and conveyer belts have all been ordered.
§ Over coming weeks structural steel will start being erected onsite and a number of key plant components will arrive.
§ The Project remains on track for first SOP sales in the March 2021 quarter.
TONY SWIERICZUK, Chief Executive Officer
"During the June quarter our procurement and engineering teams have been busy finalising contracts with suppliers and completing detailed engineering of the plant and non process infrastructure. So far we have seen no impact to the project schedule from COVID-19 as we push towards first production in the March quarter of next year."
For further information or to view a full version of this announcement, including diagrams, please visit https://www.so4.com.au/asx-announcements/ or contact:
Tony Swiericzuk / Richard Knights | Salt Lake Potash Limited | Tel: +61 8 6559 5800 |
Colin Aaronson / Richard Tonthat / Seamus Fricker | Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100 |
Derrick Lee / Peter Lynch | Cenkos Securities plc (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 131 220 6939 |
Rupert Fane / Ernest Bell | Hannam & Partners (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7907 8500 |
This announcement has been authorised for release by the Managing Director, Mr Tony Swiericzuk.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
Forward Looking Statements
This announcement may include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Salt Lake Potash Limited's expectations and beliefs concerning future events. Forward looking statements are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of Salt Lake Potash Limited, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. Salt Lake Potash Limited makes no undertaking to subsequently update or revise the forward-looking statements made in this announcement, to reflect the circumstances or events after the date of that announcement.
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