Roy Hill is pleased to announce that yesterday afternoon, the MV Anangel Explorer docked at the Roy Hill Wharf in Port Hedland and has commenced loading of the historic inaugural shipment from the Roy Hill Mine.
This significant milestone is the culmination of the vision, hard-work and persistence of Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd and Roy Hill Holdings Pty Ltd, Chairman, Mrs Gina Rinehart and her small dedicated executive team at Hancock Prospecting and the employees of Roy Hill.
“This is a truly fantastic occasion as we received the first vessel alongside the Roy Hill wharf and the first of our consistent product is loaded for our partners in Asia,” Mrs Rinehart said.
“To paraphrase the great Sir Winston Churchill, may I say to the employees of Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill – The light of history shall shine on all your hard hats, and the first Roy Hill ship!
Loading of low phosphorous product commenced immediately.
Further updates will be provided when the MV Anangel Explorer is ready to sail in early December.
I would like to acknowledge and pay tribute to Mrs Rinehart for the incredible work that she has done over 20 years to overcome so many challenges come what may to develop and bring the Roy Hill project together. Without your efforts there would be no Roy Hill. Although I have only been on board for a comparatively short period it has been an exciting journey and one that I am proud to be associated with. Garry Korte, Chief Financial Officer, Roy Hill
Mega projects like Roy Hill take investment, risk, great effort and years to progress through the stages of resource evaluation, pre-feasibility, bankable feasibility, partnering, financing, and eventually construction. In 2007 we set-up a small local area network for the two geologists, to record the thousands of drill hole logs. By 2010, we set-up an online data-room for a huge variety of geological and engineering documents, to be viewed by potential equity partners. What an epic project! Of great importance to our country. Warmest best wishes and congratulations to the projects driver, our Chairman. Mark Bickerton, Information Manager, Hancock Prospecting
