LONDON, UK / ACCESS Newswire / June 11, 2026 / Empire Metals Limited, the AIM-quoted and OTCQX-traded exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the completion of an integrated metallurgical processing flowsheet for the Pitfield Titanium Project in Western Australia ("Pitfield" or the "Project"). The flowsheet is capable of producing a premium 99%+ TiO₂ pigment, supported by bench-scale testwork now successfully completed across the key processing stages. Pitfield's use of conventional processing technology, combined with the orebody's mineralogical advantage and the Project's location near readily available infrastructure, underpins a highly competitive cost structure. The flowsheet also offers the optionality to produce titanium metal feedstock and a high-grade alumina co-product.
Highlights
Integrated flowsheet defined to produce high-purity (99%+) TiO2 pigment and titanium sponge metal feedstock, plus a high-grade alumina co-product, from one of the world's largest and highest-grade titanium deposits.
Pitfield offers a cost advantage over the conventional ilmenite sulphate route, driven by mineralogical advantages of the Pitfield ore and flowsheet: rejection of a low-value gangue fraction at the front of the circuit, lower acid consumption and leach temperatures, recycling of acid through the alumina circuit, and a vastly smaller iron residue stream.
