Perpetual Resources Limited reported the results of the initial beneficiation testwork conducted on silica sands from PEC's Beharra Project. Further beneficiation studies are proposed to be undertaken based on the planned resource definition drilling program to be undertaken across Beharra. The auger drill holes were evenly distributed along the strike length of the prospective target area within the Vacant Crown Land proportion of the Beharra Project. Organic contaminants were visually identified in these respective intervals due to the proximity to surface. It is expected that the samples obtained from the upcoming resource definition drilling program at greater depth will have less influence of organic content. This first stage of laboratory testing was designed to establish responses to conventional processing methods. Further test work will provide a guide towards the final product specifications and end user applications. 1mm The sample was wet screened to -1mm then scrubbed in an attrition cell and wet sieved 0.075mm to remove -0.075mm material. This stage resulted in removal of approximately 2% of the feed mass demonstrating a very clean sand with little slimes present. The +0.075mm fraction was spiralled and the middlings and light fractions were combined and passed over a medium intensity magnetic separator (MIMS). The non- magnetic fraction formed the final concentrate for this stage of testing. The recovery of magnetic the non-magnetic fraction was 99.1%. The test work shows that the Beharra sand is very clean with minor slimes and that removal of heavy minerals by spiralling and magnetic separation is effective and applicable to the sand tested.