Saturn Metals (ASX:STN) awarded the contract to complete the pre-feasibility study for its Apollo Hill project in Western Australia to engineering services firm Kappes Cassiday & Associates, according to a Thursday filing with the Australian bourse.

The study will be based on an updated mineral resource estimate and the company's progress in mining, metallurgy, and engineering studies since delivering a positive preliminary economic analysis for the project, the filing said.

The study is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of the year, according to the filing.