WA1 Resources (WA1) Corporate Presentation summary
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Corporate Presentation summary
4 Jul, 2025Project overview and discovery
Luni niobium deposit discovered in late 2022, with first ferroniobium sample produced in 2024; 100% project ownership and $86M cash to advance workstreams.
Board and management have significant shareholdings and experience in mine development in Western Australia.
The West Arunta Project is positioned as a once-in-a-generation niobium discovery.
Resource and geology
Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE): 200 Mt at 1.0% Nb2O5, including a high-grade subset of 53 Mt at 2.1% Nb2O5.
Drilling has defined a shallow, oxide-enriched blanket of high-grade niobium mineralisation, open at depth and amenable to open pit mining.
Exceptionally high-grade zones include intersections such as 28.5m at 6.6% Nb2O5 and 42.0m at 3.9% Nb2O5.
Metallurgy and processing
Proof-of-concept testwork produced ferroniobium using a conventional flowsheet, confirming amenability of Luni mineralisation.
Initial beneficiation and refining testwork achieved high-grade niobium concentrate at industry-comparable recovery rates.
First ferroniobium aluminothermic trial successfully produced a sample with 65.69% Nb and 24.29% Fe.
Variability testwork demonstrated flotation regime can treat a wide portion of mineralisation, with concentrate grades up to 58% Nb2O5 at 53% recovery.
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