Tivan Limited (ASX: TVN) has announced that the Federal Minister for Industry and Science, has awarded Major Project Status (MPS) to the company’s Speewah Fluorite Project on behalf of the Australian Government. The award of MPS recognizes the project’s national significance and its alignment with the Australian Government’s Critical Minerals Strategy and National Battery Strategy.
As a result of the MPS, Tivan Limited’s Speewah Fluorite Project will receive direct support from the Major Projects Facilitation Agency, including coordination and facilitation of Australian Government approvals.
Tivan is progressing planning for a mining and processing operation at Speewah to produce acid grade fluorspar in strategic partnership with leading Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corporation.
Major Project Status is currently held by 16 projects nationwide, with only three located to the north of the Tropic of Capricorn. The award furthers Tivan’s mission of building a strategically important company across northern Australia.
Mr Grant Wilson commented: “Tivan is delighted that the Speewah Fluorite Project has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Government. This is timely recognition of the strategic significance of our Project and its strong alignment with the Critical Minerals Strategy and the National Battery Strategy. At our recent AGM I introduced Tivan’s new corporate mission of building a company of strategic importance across northern Australia. Tivan now owns a project, one of few in the north, that has been recognized by the Australian Government as having economic and strategic significance to the nation.”
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