WAK's project is located in Wickepin, 220 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia
Existing processing plant is currently located on portside industrial land in Kwinana, south of Perth in Western Australia
All infrastructure located close to WAK's mine and processing plants to support future expansion - power, water, road, rail, town and access to ports in Fremantle (220 km) and Bunbury (230 km)
World Class Resource
Ore Reserve: 30.5mt of high-grade premium kaolinised granite within Mining Lease
Mineral Resource: 109.1mt of kaolinised granite within Mining Lease and 535.4mt of kaolinised granite within the Retention Licences
The mineralised zone is free dig, open cut, a low strip ratio with overburden thickness varying from 2-9 metres and is between 15-35 metres in thickness.
The Mineral Resource estimate is inclusive of Ore Reserves and the 2019 Mineral Resource estimate. CSA Global Mineral Resource Estimate R280.2017.
Road Route from Wickepin to Perth
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One of the World's Largest Remaining Primary Resources
Reserves of Kaolin
Resources of Kaolin
Producer
Country
Type
(mt)1
(mt)1
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WA Kaolin
Australia
Primary
13.42
270.02
Imerys (Listed Conglomerate)
All Areas
Primary/Secondary
98.9
151.7
KaMin (Private)
All Areas
Secondary
120.8
0
BASF (Private)
All Areas
Secondary
53.0
0
THIELE (Private)
Georgia
Secondary
53.2
0
Reserves and Resources in accordance with the "Public reporting of industrial minerals, cement feed materials and construction raw materials" section of the PERC Reporting Standard
Reserve and Resources of reported kaolinised granite at a dry yield of 44%.
Reference: Wilson I.R. 2019
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Wickepin Overview
A high quality, long life, permitted Kaolin Project.
De-riskedthrough investment
~$42 million invested before listing since assets acquired from Rio Tinto
Proven Low Cost Production
Currently producing small scale commercial plant in Kwinana
K99 process delivers high quality ultra-bright kaolin at a lower cost than conventional bleaching / magnetic separation
Customers, LOI and Offtake Secured
Global demand exceeds supply
WA location strongly aligns WAK with growing APAC market
Global revenue demand from 2020-2027 forecast to grow at a CAGR 3.5%
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2021 Stage 1 Program - Progressing to Production
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WA Kaolin Limited is an Australia-based mineral exploration, extraction and processing company. The Company's principal activities are the exploration and development of an inferred mineral resource of high-grade premium kaolinized granite, proprietary production and value-adding processes. The Company's operations comprise its 100%-owned Wickepin Processing Plant and mining tenement in East Wickepin. It holds the Wickepin Kaolin Project, around 220 kilometers south-east of Perth, a mineral resource (Joint Ore Reserve Committee 2012) of 643 million tons, including an ore reserve estimate of 64.9 million tons of kaolinized granite. Its prospects include Southwest Kaolin, Balgulpinn, Levi, Walters Hill, Doraking, Wickepin (L70/156) and Wickepin (G70/251). The Company has secured Kwinana property on lease. The Wickepin processing plant has been constructed to utilize its proprietary dry processing method, the K99 Process, developed by it for the high-grade Wickepin kaolin resource.
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