Black Canyon (ASX: BCA) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Black Canyon is an Australian mineral exploration company focused on manganese deposits in Western Australia.
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Company profile
Black Canyon
Black Canyon is a mineral exploration and development company focused on discovering and delineating manganese and iron resources in Western Australia. The company manages over 2,000 square kilometers of exploration tenure across the Oakover Basin, holding significant mineral resource estimates comprising over 300 million tonnes of manganese ore. Its technical programs combine reverse circulation drilling, geophysical mapping, and metallurgical testwork to evaluate direct shipping ore potential and advance process flowsheets for high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate used in battery supply chains.
Snapshot
Public AUOwnership
2011Year founded
1–10Employees
West Perth, AustraliaHead office
Products and/or services of Black Canyon
- High-Grade Manganese and Iron Exploration: Exploration and resource definition drilling across a 9-kilometer mineralized trend in the eastern Oakover Basin, targeting shallow direct shipping ore with reverse circulation drilling and dense media separation metallurgical testwork.
- Manganese Resource Development: Evaluation of broad manganese mineral deposits spanning multiple regional prospects in Western Australia, encompassing a global mineral resource estimate of 315 million tonnes at 10.5 percent manganese.
- Battery Material Metallurgical Processing: Flowsheet design and chemical testwork dedicated to processing manganese oxide ores into high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate for inclusion in electric vehicle battery cathodes and energy storage technologies.
- Mineral Beneficiation Studies: Testwork utilizing heavy liquid separation and dense media separation to upgrade manganese mineral feeds to grades exceeding 40 percent manganese, establishing process flowsheets for commercial concentrate production.
- Open-Pit Deposit Assessment: Scoping and preliminary technical studies on shallow mineralized zones in Western Australia, evaluating open-cut mine designs, dense media processing facilities, and infrastructure requirements for potential commercial extraction.
- Regional Exploration Portfolio Management: Systematic exploration across more than 2,000 square kilometers of mineral prospective tenure in Western Australia, employing geophysical surveys, soil sampling, and reconnaissance drilling to discover base metal deposits.
Black Canyon executive team
- Mr. Brendan Cummins B.Sc.MD & Executive Director
- Ms. Rebecca Broughton B.Com., C.A.CFO & Company Secretary