During 2007 and 2008, Intec has worked extensively with Compass Resources NL, a listed entity that owns the substantial Brown’s Sulphide resource in the Northern Territory in which Hunan Non-ferrous Metals Corporation is a 50% joint venture partner.

The resource exhibits a complex, polymetallic metallurgy, requiring multiple technologies to unlock the full value of the contained lead, zinc, copper, cobalt, nickel and silver.

The Intec Process has been selected for inclusion as one of the processing steps in the overall processing of the Browns Sulphide ore.

Intec has conducted paid testwork on samples of Brown’s Sulphide concentrate, the results of which demonstrated high metal extractions. Using these results, Intec has produced ±50% estimates for the capital and operating costs of its portion of the process options, as well as conceptual layouts, heat and mass balances, equipment selection and sizing, process flow diagrams, and other engineering data.

Progress on the project has been delayed due to problems (unrelated in any way to the Intec Process) at the associated Browns Oxide Project and at the corporate level in the 50% joint benture partner to the project, Compass Resources. Intec will continue to work with Compass, Hunan and consulting engineers Ausenco with the aim of progressing to demonstration plant campaign at Intec’s Burnie Research facility, and of finalising a deal for the use of the Intec Process at the significant Brown’s Sulphide Project.


To read more about the Browns Sulphide Project, go to the Compass Resources web site:  www.compassnl.com.au