Tivan has signed a mineral exploration deed for its Sandover fluorite project with the Central Land Council (CLC) on behalf of Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders.
The deed governs Tivan’s exploration activities at the project with respect to cultural heritage and sacred sites, and the company’s engagement in central Australia. It will enable Tivan to carry out a maiden 7000m drilling program at Sandover.
An important milestone for the project, it provides the company with the consent of Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders to undertake site-based works including a proposed drilling program.
Tivan has also secured a Sacred Site Clearance Certificate from the CLC that covers the area of the drilling program, in keeping with the company’s commitment to best practices on country.
Tivan executive chair Grant Wilson said the company thanked the CLC for its facilitation of on-country meetings with Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders in early July.
“We are looking forward to redeploying our geology team from Speewah to Sandover in Q4 and closing out this big year for Tivan with our first real glimpse of the Sandover fluorite deposit,” Wilson said.
A maiden 7000m drilling program will target high-grade fluorite veins identified through recently completed surface sampling and mapping programs.
Commencement of drilling is targeted for October, subject to receipt of the final regulatory approval from the NT Government, which the company anticipates it will receive shortly.
Tivan recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Sumitomo Corporation, a leading Japanese trading house and Fortune Global 500 company, to progress a development pathway for the Sandover fluorite project.
Sandover is located approximately 230km north-east of Alice Springs and 8km from the eastern boundary of Tivan’s Sandover AI project.
Tivan acquired the project in November 2024 and completed the acquisition in March 2025.
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