“ THE TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET TO THE EXPORT STAGE IS FIRST CLASS ”
— Hayden Locke , Executive Director , Emmerson
Emmerson and the Khemisset project as the company is currently working to acquire its mining licence , deliver an environmental social impact assessment ( ESIA ), and conduct and complete a definitive feasibility study ( DFS ). The company has commenced a drilling programme to upgrade its resource estimates and , according to Locke , “ cement the confidence that we have in the numbers and technical characteristics of the ore ”. “ Ideally we will have delivered on most of that this year ,” he adds . “ It ’ s a fair amount of work to get through but we ’ ve got lofty ambitions .”
Khemisset looks set for a mid-2022 production phase , when Emmerson will cement itself as a key driver of a broader African fertiliser story . Locke believes that the company will achieve its targets because of the time it has invested so far in getting it right . “ Achieving that will be a testament to the work that we ’ ve put in ,” he says , “ and because we ’ ve been through the process a number of times we know exactly what we need to do .”
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