Firebird Metals Ltd (ASX:FRB, OTC:FRBMF) MD Peter Allen tells Proactive the company is aiming to supply high-purity manganese sulphate directly into the growing battery market. He says the company is well advanced on an in-house scoping study on assessing processing and location requirements for a plant in China. Firebird owns the Oakover Project in WA which has a mineral resource of 176.7 million tonnes at 10% manganese, with 105.8 million tonnes in the indicated category. It also owns the nearby Hill 616 project which has an inferred resource of 57.5 million tonnes at 12.2% manganese and shares similar geological traits to Oakover.
Firebird Metals aims to supply high purity manganese to growing battery market
