SURFACE

Thunderbird heads further down the road

SHEFFIELD Resources has secured all the key permits it needs to develop its Thunderbird mineral sands operation in Western Australia’s Kimberley region with the granting of federal environmental approval.

All permits for the project secured.

All permits for the project secured.

That federal environmental approval was the final key permit needed to develop Thunderbird, which Sheffield maintained was one of the world's largest mineral sands deposits. It caps off a big week for...

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