6 Sheffield Resources Limited Annual Report 2023 Thunderbird Construction Activities Process plant construction and installation activities continued to advance toward completion during the reporting period in line with planned schedules. As at the end of the reporting period the Wet Concentrate Plant (WCP) and Concentrate Upgrade Plant (CUP) areas, tailing storage facility, stormwater storage pond and bore fields were substantially complete ahead of scheduled commissioning. Final sealing of the 30km mine access road was completed during the September 2023 quarter. Electricity supply systems, including installation of the first of the gas engines was completed. Planning for first fills of LNG gas supply for scheduled commissioning activities during the second half of 2023 commenced. Fabrication of the DMU by Piacentini & Son was underway with planned transport to site scheduled during the September 2023 quarter. Review of Operations Figure 3: Progressive installation of power generation units Thunderbird Operations Activities Preparations for the commencement of operations commenced during the reporting period. Recruitment of key leadership roles and progressive onboarding of senior operational personnel was completed. To date, over 80% of the Kimberley Mineral Sands workforce are resident in the Kimberley region, with more than half of them recruited from the Kimberley and the remainder relocating to the region. Kimberley Mineral Sands has also been very successful in recruiting a diverse workforce with 25% of employees identifying as indigenous and female employees accounting for nearly 30% of the workforce recruited to date.
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