Jacinth and Ambrosia

Iluka Resources Ltd

• Sands containing heavy minerals are mined using dry-mining techniques
• The sand is excavated using a dozer and pushed into a Mining Upgrade Plant (MUP)
• Ore is then pumped to the West Concentrator Plan (WCP), producing heavy mineral concentrate
• Jacinth-Ambrosia virtual mine tour

• Mineral lease ML 6315
• Extractive mineral lease EML 6316
• Miscellaneous purpose licences MPL 110 and 111

More information about the tenements is available via the oSouth Australian Resources Information Gateway (SARIG)

Zircon-rich mineral sands deposits in the Eucla Basin.

Since discovery of the Jacinth and Ambrosia projects six more significant discoveries have been made in the region:

• Tripitaka
• Gullivers
• Atacama
• Sonoran
• Typhoon
• Dromedary

Company released resource estimates and production statistics for South Australia's major operating and approved mines are summarised in South Australia's major operating/approved mines: resources estimates and production statistics (updated regularly).

• The mining and rehabilitation program submitted in 2016 has been approved.
• Iluka and the Far West Coast Native Title Claim Group signed an agreement in December 2007 to allow mining to proceed.

Program for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR)

• Jacinth-Ambrosia Mineral Sands Mine - Program for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation, 2015 (PDF 41 MB)

Mining compliance report

• Annual Compliance Report 2018 for  EMLs 6316, 6325-6326, 6330-6334, ML 6315, MPLs 0110-0111 (PDF 12 MB)