Sugarbag Hill Ultra High Purity Quartz Sand Project

A quarry, processing facilities, a pilot plant for domestic use and export of high-purity quartz sand for solar PV wafer manufacturing.

Progressing approvals

600 construction, 140 operational

$515 million

Project overview*

Status	Progressing approvals
Type	Prescribed project

Proponent	High Purity Quartz Ltd
Process	Prescribed project
Declaration lapse date	1 April 2028
Location/s	Quarry – 17 km from Forsayth Pre-processing – Mt Garnet Processing Facility – Lansdown Eco-Industrial Precinct, Townsville Pilot Plant – 6 km south of the Port of Townsville, Stuart Storage - Port of Townsville
Local government/s	Ethridge Shire Council Tablelands Regional Council Townsville City Council
Industry	Manufacturing
Jobs	600 construction, 140 operational
Investment	$515 million
Construction start	2028
Construction end	TBA

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Date	Activity
1April 2026	Declared a prescribed project ( 243.8 KB)

Last updated: 2 April 2026