Alien Metals signs heritage agreements for Hancock Iron Ore Project

Highlights:

• IOCA has entered into the HPAs with KNAC for exploration licence applications E 47/4817, E 47/5001, and miscellaneous licence application L 47/1063 at the Hancock Project.
• The Nyiyaparli native title determination spans the Hancock Project and associated tenements, which have significant potential for additional iron ore discoveries.
• The HPAs are a critical step in the company’s engagement with Nyiyaparli Traditional Owners in relation to the Hancock Project and their endeavours for long-term collaboration, cooperation, and agreed protection measures for areas of cultural importance to Nyiyaparli people and inter alia provide the basis for the company undertaking the required heritage surveys.
• The HPAs provide for the grant of the licences without objection by native title parties, including the withdrawal of existing objections, as well as mechanisms for engagement with the Nyiyaparli People and the conduct of heritage surveys.
• The miscellaneous licence provides the company necessary tenure to construct essential infrastructure (subject to FID) for road access from the Great Northern Highway to the proposed mine site.
• The finalisation of the HPAs reflects the constructive relationship Alien has developed with KNAC, as the registered representative body for Nyiyaparli Native title holders, as it continues negotiations on a separate mining agreement providing for common law holders’ consent to the grant of mining tenure and operations, which is due to be considered by the end of 2023.

Troy Whittaker, CEO, comments:

“The company and its Board would like to thank the Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corp. and its Board of Nyiyaparli Directors for their support in reaching this significant milestone regarding the relevant licences. We are delighted to have signed the HPAs as they will further advance the approvals pathway and in the long-term, it will assist in the company de-risking the project execution for the Hancock Project.”

Read the article online at: https://www.globalminingreview.com/mining/05102023/alien-metals-signs-heritage-agreements-for-hancock-iron-ore-project/