Kylie Hammond

Project title

Beneficiation of Gold Telluride Ores

Host university

Curtin University

Supervisors:  Dr Bogale Tadesse, Dr Laurence Dyer

Benefit to Western Australia

Kylie is developing a method to liberate purified tellurium metal from gold telluride ore. Her work will support production of this critical element as an additional economic stream from the Golden Mile deposit in Kalgoorlie, helping deliver additional value from Western Australia’s mineral endowment.