Brockman Mining Ltd. secured port access for the first stage of development, dubbed Project Maverick, for its wholly owned Marillana iron ore deposit in Western Australia.

The company secured a multiusers agreement with the Pilbara port authority and a stockyard land lease to use facilities at Utah Point Bulk Handling facility, which will help ship the product through Utah Point.

The agreement and lease are conditional on Brockman securing funding for Project Maverick and confirming its intention to start.

Brockman intends to start construction of the mine in the first quarter this year and achieve commissioning in the first quarter of 2018, it noted.