# Homerun Resources Inc. Engages Minerali Industriali Engineering for Engineering and CAPEX Development of a Primary Silica Sand Processing Plant

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/homerun-resources-inc-engages-minerali-industriali-engineering-for-engineering-a--1eb5bace-dfb7-41b7-9775-a86081c3b4b7

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/HMR/news/6343948434386598/homerun-resources-inc-engages-minerali-industriali-engineering-for-engineering-a

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-05-20T12:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Homerun Resources Inc.

- Ticker: HMR

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Bahia, Brazil

- Primary commodity: Silica

- Secondary commodities: Antimony

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 22:51:48 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Homerun Resources has engaged Minerali Industriali Engineering \(MIE\) to design a 350,000 tonnes per year primary silica sand processing plant at its Santa Maria Eterna deposit in Brazil. This Phase 1 project aims to produce +99.9% SiO2 \(3N\) industrial grade silica to supply both industrial customers and the company's own solar glass manufacturing facility.

Reasoning: The engagement of MIE to design a 350,000 tpy plant represents a significant move toward vertical integration and commercialization of the SME silica deposit.

- Positive factor: Engagement of specialized engineering firm \(MIE\)

- Positive factor: Clear phased development strategy \(3N, 4N, 5N\)

- Positive factor: Vertical integration towards solar glass manufacturing

- Positive factor: Existing BFS for downstream facility provides infrastructure head start

- Negative factor: Project is in the engineering/CAPEX development stage, not yet operational

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### physical purification \(washing, grading, sieving, attrition scrubbing, classification, and drying\)

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Santa Maria Eterna \(SME\) · silica

#### Identity

- Project: Santa Maria Eterna \(SME\)
- Commodity: silica
- Region: brazil
- Reported Region: Bahia, Brazil
- Ticker: HMR

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: physical purification \(washing, grading, sieving, attrition scrubbing, classification, and drying\)
- Sample: Phase 1 primary physical purification plant

#### Recovery

- Head Grade: 99.9
- Head Grade Unit: % SiO₂

#### Lab

- Consultant: Minerali Industriali Engineering Srl

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: The plant is designed to produce high-purity 3N grade silica sand.

- Positive factor: Targeting high-purity 3N grade

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