Evaluation of the potential development of copper-gold ore sources including those contained within the Osborne tenements as well as Starra Line and Mount Elliott are underway.

The study is investigating the potential during the 2011-2015 period to process both the full output from the Merlin mine and all the available copper-gold ore sources at the Osborne Operation and Cloncurry projects concurrently. This may include the establishment of parallel molybdenum and copper trains within the existing Osborne processing facility.