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Nova Minerals Confirms 216,000 tpa Processing Capacity, Advancing Alaska’s Critical Minerals Hub

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  • Nova Minerals Corp confirmed its Port MacKenzie, Alaska processing plant has a front-end capacity of approximately 216,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) for crushing, grinding & concentration.
  • The facility features two parallel grinding circuits, each capable of processing roughly 108,000 tpa, providing operational flexibility & staged expansion opportunities.
  • Initial Phase 1 efforts under a $43.4 million Department of War project target pilot-scale production of up to 600 tpa of military-grade antimony trisulphide & >99.65% antimony metal in 2027.
  • Capacity modelling indicates potential refined antimony production could reach 9,400 tpa at 5% feed grade or 20,000 tpa at 10% feed grade, subject to additional downstream refinery equipment.
  • The acquired turnkey infrastructure was previously owned by Agnico-Eagle & includes crushing, gravity, flotation, leaching circuits, & a Steinert ore sorter.
  • Expansion to commercial scale requires primarily adding downstream electrowinning & melting capacity rather than replacing major front-end infrastructure.
  • The site is designed to process multiple critical mineral commodities including tungsten, gallium, bismuth, tellurium, arsenic, & other strategic elements beyond antimony.
  • Nova aims to establish Port MacKenzie as a regional toll-processing hub for its Estelle Project & potential third-party mineral producers to strengthen U.S. critical minerals supply chains.
  • The company is collaborating with the University of Alaska Fairbanks CORE-CM & the National Science Foundation Critical Mineral Accelerator Engine in Alaska.
  • Engineering data was prepared by Mr. Damian Connelly, a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy & a Competent Person under the 2012 Australasian Code.
Company
Nova Minerals Corp.
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