FIJI’S LARGEST UNDEVELOPED GOLD PROJECT GETS A SOLAR HYBRID PLANT
An aerial view of the Tuvatu plant site with bulk earthworks construction underway. Image credit: Lion One Metals.
The Tuvatu Gold Project is one of the highest-grade gold projects in the world. Located on the South Pacific island of Viti Levu in Fiji, the site may hold more than 2.5 million tons of resource in the veins of the collapsed Navilawa volcano. The project is fully owned and permitted, with clearing for construction of the surface infrastructure underway. A key part of that infrastructure will be a hybrid solar-diesel power plant. Vancouver-based Lion One Metals is partnering with Swiss clean energy firm meeco group to construct the plant, which they estimate will produce more than 10 GWh of solar power. 16
