Pilbara Minerals Limited announced the commencement of concentrate production from the newly installed filter press at the Pilgan Plant as part of the Plant Improvements Project being undertaken at its 100%-owned Pilgangoora Project in WA's Pilbara region. The Pilgan Plant Improvements Project is expected to de-bottleneck the facility to increase plant operating time and throughput, reduce final product moisture (minimising solar drying) and further manage product recovery performance. These improvements are ultimately expected to realise additional production capacity from the facility, and particularly from the fines flotation circuit. A total of approximately AUD 22 million of capital will be invested, with the project expected to be fully ramped-up during the December quarter 2021 to 360-380,000 dmt of spodumene concentrate. When combined with Ngungaju Plant's ramped-up capacity of 180-­ 200,000 dmt (expected from mid CY2022), the total annual production capacity across the entire Pilgangoora Operation is expected to increase to 560-580,000tpa.