Metro Mining Limited doubled its Direct Shipping Ore Reserve to 96.5 million tonnes by combining the Bauxite Hills Project north of Weipa with the neighboring Skardon River Project. Metro took control of Gulf Alumina Ltd. and the Skardon River Project late last year. The combined projects have been renamed the Bauxite Hills Mine. The Bauxite Hills Mine is located 95 kilometres north of Weipa and the total tenement package on Cape York covers 2,505 square kilometres.