Rio Tinto has completed the sale of Dampier Salt's Lake MacLeod operation to Leichhardt. The operation fully transferred to Leichhardt’s ownership today.

Lee Harrup, Elisa Andreoli and Vanessa Hughes, all from Leichhardt, joined the Carnarvon Careers Expo today sharing the fantastic traineeship opportunities that we hope to bring to the local community soon.

Recently, the Leichhardt Board of Directors visited the Lake MacLeod operation via Carnarvon.

Leichhardt is thrilled to announce our successful acquisition of Dampier Salt’s Lake MacLeod operation in WA’s Gascoyne region, with completion of the sale conditional on certain commercial and regulatory conditions being satisfied. Lake MacLeod will join Leichhardt’s growing portfolio of sustainable solar salt projects.

Dr Paul Whittock, Principal Scientist at Pendoley Environmental, spent 14 days aboard the “Jilly B” routinely surveying North-East and South-West Regnard Islands, Steamboat Island and beaches to the east of Cape Preston aiming to capture adult track census data to estimate the nesting abundance.

Murdoch University researchers from the Harry Butler Institute completed surveys for sawfish and associated species near the Eramurra Solar Salt Project area.

We are thrilled to welcome John Blower to the Leichhardt team.

We love our Karratha community and supporting just a few of the many fantastic initiatives is something Leichhardt is extremely proud of.

The 2023 Dampier Classic was once again hosted by the King Bay Fishing Club. Even facing challenging conditions, there was fierce competition and some incredible catches.

Leichhardt hosted the KDCCI Business After Hours networking event held at the Tambrey in Karratha where Nathan Douglas updated the business community on Leichhardt’s Eramurra Solar Salt Project.

Jody Cellar hails from the Rocky Mountains and studied at the Colorado School of Mines. She has a Chemical engineering degree, and minors in Environmental engineering and Latin American culture.

This survey is the third of the 2022/23 marine turtle breeding season for Leichhardt and was designed to target the peak of the flatback and green turtle hatching period over 14 days to collect data on hatchling orientation.

Leichhardt’s CEO, Nathan Douglas, dropped by the Karratha Leisureplex this week to see the Northern Spirit Basketball Club teams training hard in really hot and humid conditions.

This work, alongside the hatchling surveys, will be used to determine the significance of the beaches near Eramurra and nearby islands for turtle nesting and to complete the light impact assessment for the environmental approvals process.

We are delighted to welcome Scott Nicholas, CFO, to the Leichhardt Team.

Leichhardt Industrials Group Pty Ltd is pleased to announce the award of a multimillion-dollar contract to BG&E Resources, to undertake a Bankable Feasibility Study into the Eramurra Solar Salt Project.

As a solar salt project, Leichhardt’s decision to partner with the aptly named Salt Junior Soccer Club seemed too good to an opportunity to pass up! As a premier sponsor for the 2022 season, Leichhardt is excited to facilitate the purchase of the newly designed playing shirts for their young athletes.

Leichhardt’s solar salt project will help diversify the West Australian resources sector and will deliver multi-billion dollar economic benefits to the Pilbara region.

Meet the people behind the Eramurra Solar Salt Project.

An expert in his field, Aaron has a unique skillset and wealth of experience that are crucial to ensuring that our Eramurra project will co-exist with the conservation of cultural heritage.

As a diverse, family-oriented basketball club in Karratha, Northern Spirit Basketball Club presented a fantastic opportunity for Leichhardt to support the local community in a meaningful way that has lasting impact.

Our CEO, Nathan Douglas, recently had the pleasure of presenting the Leichhardt sponsored warm up jerseys to the Northern Spirit Basketball Club in Karratha.

Excellent work by O2 Marine using drones to capture images of turtle tracks during our recent turtle survey at the Eramurra project.

With over 25 years’ experience in environment and sustainable development, Regina’s extensive academic and professional background underpins the importance of her role as Environmental Lead at Leichhardt.

Land and Water Consulting are conducting groundwater quality sampling using low flow methods at the Eramurra site.

The Borehole Drilling programme is underway with the team from Soil Mechanics setting up at one of our 20 borehole locations across our tenements.

Chief Executive Officer Nathan Douglas hosted the Leichhardt Board Directors at the Eramurra Solar Salt Project last week.

Leichhardt is proud to announce our partnership with AllRound Plumbing Services at the Eramurra Solar Salt Project site.

Leichhardt presented the Eramurra Solar Salt Project to The Department for Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI) earlier last week outside Karratha.

GIS Lead John Lang is set to present to mapping professionals at the Perth QGIS Users Meetup at Riff (Spacecubed) on Thursday 5 August.