Wilcherry Hill
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The Wilcherry Hill Project was originally a proposed iron ore mine and associated infrastructure on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. It was proposed by Ironclad Mining Ltd which later merged with Trafford Resources to become Tyranna Resources. As of 2018, the Wilcherry Project is a joint venture between Alliance Resources (67.35%) and Tyranna Resources (32.65%). The venture is exploring for economic concentrations of any of gold, tin, copper, zinc, lead, silver, iron, bismuth, tungsten and uranium.[1]
The mine site is located approximately 40 km north of Kimba, on central Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. The mine site access road will extend south from the mine site to the township of Kimba.[2]
Mining and processing
The project will consist of two mining stages:
- Stage 1A – open cut mining of high grade magnetite ore from four primary ore bodies and several associated satellite ore deposits. Processing of this ore will be through dry crushing and screening and dry magnetic separation.
- Stage 1B – mining and processing of mined and stockpiled lower grade ore using dry processing and an additional wet magnetic separation process.[2]