Toro Energy Limited
Toro Energy Limited is one of Australia’s largest (by market capitalisation) emerging uranium exploration and development companies. It has the financial and technical resources to discover and/or acquire uranium projects and bring them to production in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.
Toro has a pipeline of advanced projects in Australia (Wiluna in WA, Napperby in NT), with significant JORC resources with production potential by 2012. It has premium exploration tenure for uranium in Australia and Namibia, with a highly experienced board and management with extensive knowledge of uranium exploration, mining and marketing. The company has technical and financial support from the largest shareholder, OZ Minerals Limited.
Toro Energy gains approval from West Australian Government for test pit at Wiluna
Emerging uranium exploration and development company Toro Energy (ASX: TOE) has received the green light from the Western Australian Government for a Resource Evaluation Test Pit at the Company’s Uranium Project, located about 30km south of Wiluna in Western Australia.
The test pit is a key component of the Bankable Feasibility Study being undertaken by Toro for the Wiluna Project.
Work on the resource evaluation test pit – which is expected to start in March this year - will be undertaken to provide information on areas, including the geological understanding of the uranium deposit and underlying clays, validating mineral resource grade estimates and testing selective mining and developing mining parameters to convert the mineral resource to ore reserve.
Work on the evaluation test pit, which has received clearance from Native Title representatives, will involve the movement of approximately 45,000t of ore and barren material over a six week period. After sampling, all material will be returned to the pit with full site rehabilitation to occur.
Managing Director Greg Hall said the test pit was an important part of the BFS process to improve geological, technical and environmental knowledge of the deposits.
Mr Hall said the company also advised that its Wiluna Project team had achieved progress with other work in a number of areas.
The company has commenced formal government assessment and approval processes through referral of the project to the WA and Federal Governments and preparation of an Environmental Scoping Document.
It has also undertaken site safety and radiation management plans, enhanced environmental flora and fauna studies, water supply drilling plans with testing to commence in February and groundwater monitoring plans and models are being developed.
Additional resource drilling is planned to commence in the second quarter and the company is preparing a formal document for approval of a trial heap leach.
The Wiluna Uranium Project comprises the Centipede and Lake Way uranium deposits, located to the south of the township of Wiluna.
Toro last year completed an Optimised Pre-Feasibility level report which significantly improved project economics, and included an upgraded resource, which was outlined in the ASX release dated 1st September 2009.
Since then, Toro has raised A$61m to advance the Wiluna Project through to a construction decision, along with its other uranium pipeline projects in Australia. A project team has been put in place and a BFS commenced, with the project approvals have been initiated with the Western Australian and Federal Government.
Other Toro Energy Limited articles
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26/02/10 Way made clearer for Toro Energy's new uranium mine in Western Australia
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13/11/09 Toro Energy acquires two strategic exploration licenses nearby Wiluna Uranium Project
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12/11/09 Toro Energy upbeat on demand strength of long term uranium market
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29/10/09 Uranium mineralisation discovered by Toro Energy in greenfields work at Lake Mackay, WA
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15/09/09 Toro Energy's $40 million share placement to fund Wiluna approvals and feasibility study
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14/09/09 Toro Energy takes up ground held by major
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11/09/09 Toro Energy adds a third uranium project in Australia, with Cameco
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03/09/09 Toro Energy puts up its hand to become a new wave producer
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01/09/09 Toro Energy's Wiluna uranium project study, delivers better than expected project returns
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18/08/09 Toro Energy secures $20 million equity financing facility from Yorkville Advisers
Other Toro Energy Limited news
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18/02/10 Toro Energy to spend $4.5 million on uranium exploration program
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03/02/10 Toro Energy gains momentum for environmental approval process at Wiluna
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29/01/10 Toro Energy marshalls four uranium projects in WA
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20/11/09 Toro Energy completes $21.09 million Share Purchase Plan
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14/10/09 Toro Energy announces key appointments to drive Wiluna uranium development
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24/09/09 Toro Energy commences drilling for uranium at Lake Mackay
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17/09/09 Toro Energy offers SPP to shareholders
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25/08/09 Resource Capital Research updates research comment on Toro Energy
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29/07/09 Toro Energy wraps up successful March quarter, progressing key uranium optimisation study
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01/07/09 Toro Energy awarded WA Government drilling grant for Lake Mackay Uranium Project
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