Orion to target BFS completion for Prieska project by October

Following the release of the maiden mineral resource for Orion Minerals’ Prieska zinc/copper project, in the Northern Cape, the company will target the completion of a bankable feasibility study (BFS) on the project by October. Speaking to Mining Weekly Online on the sidelines of the Investing in African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, on Tuesday, CEO Errol Smart said Orion would continue regional exploration with the objective of finding and identifying satellite deposits that may come into the picture in the longer term as satellite operations.