The mine operates inside of the
Yellabinna Regional Reserve, and is the first mine in South Australia to be approved for development in a regional reserve. Seed and topsoil are collected and stored for later site rehabilitation. Ore is processed onsite to produce a concentrate which is transported to
Thevenard then shipped to a plant at
Narngulu in
Western Australia for further processing at the Narngulu
mineral separation plant there into
zircon,
rutile, and
ilmenite. The concentrate is transported to Thevenard by road, with approximately 18
B-triple trucks per day carrying 96 tonnes each. A unsealed haul road was constructed for the mine, along with upgrading of the Ooldea Road. ==References==