{"id":8612,"date":"2024-06-06T10:25:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T00:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/?p=8612"},"modified":"2024-06-12T10:41:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T00:41:45","slug":"dolphin-tungsten-volumes-exceed-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/dolphin-tungsten-volumes-exceed-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphin tungsten volumes exceed expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\"\"OLIVIA THOMSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dolphin tungsten mine. Image: Group 6 Metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group 6 Metals has uncovered more ore tonnes and metric tonne units of tungsten trioxide from the Dolphin tungsten mine than originally anticipated, alongside a record month of shipments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company\u2019s in-pit reconciliation methodology uses in-pit sampling, UV (ultraviolet light) lamping, and production drill hole assaying to compare mining results to the geological model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When compared to the geological model, recoveries from the Dolphin open pit exceeded expectations up until the end of April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dolphin produced about 94 dry tonnes of concentrate in April at an average grade of 57.1 per cent for 5380 metric tonne units of tungsten trioxide. A total of 115.05 dry tonnes of concentrate at 57.38 per cent tungsten trioxide was shipped in April, a record month for Group 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver the past six months, our geology and mining teams have excelled at maximising ore recovery,\u201d Group 6 managing director and chief executive officer Keith McKnight said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis means we\u2019ve collected more valuable tungsten ore than forecast while working the outer areas of the Dolphin open pit. While this has caused a temporary delay in the mining sequence, the extra effort has resulted in a detailed understanding of the mine\u2019s geology, giving us a lot of confidence in our mine forecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExcitingly, the high-grade C-lens (deposit) is now accessible at -30 RL (reduced level) in the main Dolphin pit, and production drill assay results confirm the presence of high-grade ore in the mining blocks (is) scheduled for June.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group 6 has also made progress in sustainability. It, along with Climate Capital, has been looking into integrating a 7.5 megawatt solar panel array and a 5.5 megawatt hour battery storage system at the Dolphin mine\u2019s power plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate Capital has finished power modelling and an extensive site assessment. If implemented, the solar power system would sit adjacent to Group 6\u2019s process plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group 6 and Climate Capital are expected to negotiate a power purchase agreement under a build own operate model to deliver the solar project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After being closed for three decades, the Dolphin tungsten mine officially re-opened<\/a> in August 2023. It is located near Grassy, a town on the south-east coast of King Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OLIVIA THOMSON The Dolphin tungsten mine. Image: Group 6 Metals. Group 6 Metals has uncovered more ore tonnes and metric tonne units of tungsten trioxide from the Dolphin tungsten mine than originally anticipated, alongside a record month of shipments. The company\u2019s in-pit reconciliation methodology uses in-pit sampling, UV (ultraviolet light) lamping, and production drill hole … Continue reading “Dolphin tungsten volumes exceed expectations”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[37,6,207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clients","category-mines-and-quarry","category-slurry-pump-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p83F9T-2eU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8964,"url":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/tasmanian-government-backs-tungsten-mine\/","url_meta":{"origin":8612,"position":0},"title":"Tasmanian Government backs tungsten mine","author":"yinghui","date":"May 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Dylan Brown Group 6\u2019s Dolphin tungsten mine in King Island, Tasmania. 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