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ChemX’s HPA X-factor

hemX Materials Ltd expects to begin Q2 once the 1-2kg/day micro-plant is op- the Kimba and Jamison Tank projects) and
Cconstruction of its high purity alumina erational. Neometals Ltd. Former Tianqi Lithium Aus-
(HPA) pilot plant in the coming months af- ChemX hopes to start commissioning tralia boss Phil Thick is also as a large top
ter completing an oversubscribed $8 million within 12-18 months of the pilot plant build 20 shareholder.
IPO and becoming one of the year’s first getting under way. Young said the company’s story reso-
new listings. The first drill holes into the company’s nated more strongly with investors and bro-
While the company brings to market a Kimba kaolin-halloysite and Jamison Tank kers out of Europe and the US than their
suite of manganese and kaolin-halloysite manganese projects are expected this counterparts in Australia, suggesting more
projects on South Australia’s Eyre Penin- month. work was required to educate the local mar-
sula, ChemX’s flagship asset is the HiPurA Speaking to Paydirt on the sidelines of its ket about the anticipated growth in the HPA
processing technology developed by Dr ASX listing ceremony, ChemX chair Kristie industry.
Nicholas Welham. Young said the complementary business “I don’t think the brokers over here are
HiPurA offers a unique processing option strategies had struck a chord with investors quite as advanced in their thinking around
for HPA production for the lithium-ion bat- looking for a different type of exposure to these types of projects, it’s not your simple
tery and synthetic sapphire markets. The the growing battery minerals thematic. gold or nickel play, it’s got a couple of differ-
in-house technology has been proven to “I think the good thing about ChemX is ent elements to it,” she said.
produce a 99.99% pure Al2O3 product at we’ve got a number of different parts to the “The investors and brokers overseas are
bench scale, with optimisation studies con- business,” she said. much more across it, much more interested
ducted over the last three months providing “There’s some companies that are just and ahead of the game. Some of the bro-
the basis for the design of the flow sheet. built on kaolin alone, there are some that kers here have now expanded their teams
It is also expected to have lower capital are just built on HPA alone and some just to cover HPA which is great. I think these
and operating costs than incumbent HPA built on manganese alone; we’ve got a commodities will see more and more un-
operators. blend of all three.” derstanding as to how important they are.”
Primero has started design work on the ChemX’s register includes fellow ad- One of the other main benefits of the
modular HPA pilot facility. Construction vanced materials technology companies HiPurA technology is the process’s scala-
works are tentatively pencilled in for early Archer Materials Ltd (previous owner of bility, allowing HPA production to grow with

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