Australian Mines Limited announced that, following the highly encouraging results from its recently completed precursor cathode active material (P-CAM) Scoping Study 1 for the Sconi Project, the Company has commissioned the construction phase of its pilot P-CAM production plant. The Company's pilot P-CAM production plant will be a fully integrated extension to Australian Mines' existing demonstration-scale high pressure acid leach (HPAL) plant in Perth and will allow potential offtake partners to assess the fully integrated P-CAM production circuit proposed for the Sconi Project, from raw Sconi feedstock through to battery-grade nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) P-CAM. By way of background, the Sconi Project's Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) 2 was based on producing separate nickel sulphate and cobalt sulphate crystals as the final saleable product from the processing plant. These products sell at lower price points than the value-added P-CAM products . Ausenco's independent Scoping Study into the Sconi Project 4 concluded that, conceptually, integrating a P-CAM circuit within the Sconi processing facility to replace the nickel and cobalt crystallisation circuit (to produce a value added-product at the Sconi Project) was economically attractive. As a result, Australian Mines is now incorporating a P-CAM process facility into Perth demonstration plant. The design of the pilot P-CAM production plant has now been completed, with the circuit configured to allow end-to-end production, at a single facility, of NCM P-CAM derived exclusively from Sconi ore. The parts and equipment required to commence assembly have either arrived at Australian Mines' Perth demonstration plant facility or are presently en route. The construction phase of the pilot P-CAM production plant is expected to ramp up to peak activity by late June 2021, with a target to initiate production of P-CAM in August 2021. The initial P-CAM production runs will produce P-CAM for NCM 622 followed by NCM 811 battery chemistries, which are both currently being used across the electric vehicle sector. Production runs of NCM 90/05/05 P-CAMs have also been slated to commence from the fourth quarter of the 2021 calendar year.