Sheffield Resources (ASX: SFX) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Sheffield Resources focuses on minerals exploration with its Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project in Australia.
Sheffield Resources
Sheffield Resources is an Australian mineral exploration and development company focused on heavy mineral sands deposits. The company's primary asset is its 50 percent ownership interest in the Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project, located in the Canning Basin of Western Australia, operated through the Kimberley Mineral Sands joint venture. Thunderbird produces high-grade zircon, premium zircon concentrate, and titanium minerals including ilmenite for global supply chains. Sheffield Resources also holds an option to acquire an interest in the South Atlantic Mineral Sands Project located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, expanding its international footprint in heavy mineral sands development.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Sheffield Resources
- Zircon Production: Extraction and processing of mineral sands to produce high-grade zircon products used in ceramics, foundry applications, and refractories, supplied to international market customers through long-term off-take agreements from operational joint venture facilities in Western Australia.
- Ilmenite Supply: Processing and bulk shipment of ilmenite and titanium dioxide minerals utilized as feedstock for pigment manufacturing and titanium metal production, exported globally via marine logistics hubs in northern Western Australia.
- Zircon Concentrate Operations: Mining and physical separation of heavy mineral concentrate streams into zircon concentrate products, serving specialized industrial end-users across international ceramics, refractory, and foundry manufacturing markets.
- Mineral Sands Processing: Processing raw heavy mineral ore through wet concentrator and dry mineral separation plants in the Kimberley region, producing high-purity heavy mineral concentrate with scalable processing throughput capacity.
- International Mineral Exploration: Evaluation and exploration of coastal heavy mineral sands deposits situated in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, focusing on resource definition, metallurgical testing, and environmental licensing for future mineral extraction.
- Joint Venture Management: Operational governance and commercial management of joint venture mining infrastructure alongside strategic industrial partners, overseeing mine logistics, processing plant throughput, commercial off-take agreements, and local community development.
Sheffield Resources executive team
- Mr. Bruce John Griffin B.A., B.E., BA (Econ), BE (Hons), M.B.A.Executive Chairman
- Mr. Marco A. Di Silvio B.Bus, CPA, M.B.A.Company Secretary & CFO