The company said that about 50kg (dry weight) of nickel hydroxide product (NHP) was released from the filter press on 26 October.
Although final assay results are outstanding, initial assays of the NHP at bench top level have contained about 49% nickel and 4% iron.
According to the company, the plant can produce about 200kg of NHP per month by utilising ion exchange for Ni-Co separation and purification to process pregnant leach solution from the heap leach trial pad followed by precipitation of the Ni as NHP.
Future production from the pilot plant will include a trace iron NHP and about a 50% cobalt carbonate product.
