Mining Magazine December 2017 | Page 12

INTERVIEW
Gabinintha
and land agreements – all of which is essential in our progression ,”
All of this foundation work is part of the goal of AVL to develop Gabanintha to a point where the resource can stand alone and be recognised on a global scale as a world class , high-grade resource .
As Algar states , the company is now working to “ finish the home run ” with regards to the necessary permitting and further studies that will be completed along the way and , even then , this is only the beginning for AVL .
Defining the future With the growth of the vanadium market over the last four years , Algar firmly believes that it will only continue to do so as more and more uses for the resource emerge and the demand continues to rise .
With Gabanintha , AVL will be in a key position to capitalise on this market growth but more importantly , define it .
“ We want to get to a point of finalising our mine plan , having all the funding and permits in place and then get to production within
12 December 2017