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DEVELOP GLOBAL LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2011
Aug 14, 2011
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Capital/Financing Update
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BFS UPDATE:
METALLURGICAL TEST WORK ON SULPHUR SPRINGS ORE CONFIRMS EXCELLENT COPPER AND ZINC RECOVERIES
ASX Announcement ASX Code: VXR Released: 15 August 2011
For further details Dr Tim Sugden Managing Director T: +61 8 6389 7400 M: +61 407 085 032 [email protected]
HIGHLIGHTS
Excellent Copper and Zinc Recoveries
High Quality Concentrates
Venturex Resources Limited (ASX Code: VXR) (“Venturex”) is pleased to provide the following update for the Pilbara CopperZinc Project.
The Company has received metallurgical test results for Sulphur Springs Copper-Zinc ore. Confirmatory testing of the Sulphur Springs flotation regime culminated in a nine cycle locked cycle flotation test which provided the following averages:
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95% copper recovery to a clean concentrate grading 26.4% Cu with low lead and zinc values, and
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90% zinc recovery to a clean concentrate grading 58.9% Zn with a low iron assay of 5.9% Fe.
| MASS | COPPER | COPPER | ZINC | ZINC | SILVER | SILVER | LEAD | LEAD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRODUCTS RECOVERED | % | Grade % |
% dist | Grade % |
% dist | Grade |
% dist | Grade % |
% dist |
| **ppm ** | |||||||||
| Copper ReCl Conc 1-3 | 6.3 | 26.38 | 95.1 | 1.28 | 2.0 | 74 | 25.3 | 1.09 | 39.2 |
| Zinc ReCl Conc 1-3 | 6.3 | 0.52 | 1.9 | 58.94 | 90.3 | 56 | 19.1 | 0.22 | 7.7 |
| Zinc Rougher Tails | 87.4 | 0.06 | 3.0 | 0.36 | 7.7 | 12 | 55.6 | 0.11 | 53.1 |
| Calculated Head | 100.0 | 1.75 | 100.0 | 4.11 | 100.0 | 18 | 100.0 | 0.18 | 100.0 |
| Assay Head | 1.82 | 4.00 | 18 | 0.17 |
The tabulated results are the average of final three cycles of the locked cycle test. The test was conducted with a grind size of P80 45µm using Whim Creek aquifer water and stainless steel/mild steel grinding media. The test was performed by AMDEL Mineral Laboratories and designed and supervised by GR Engineering Services.
Managing Director Tim Sugden said, “ These excellent results confirm that the large Sulphur Springs copper-zinc deposit will produce high quality, highly marketable concentrate products, further enhancing the economics of the Pilbara Copper-Zinc Project. ”
Board
Anthony Kiernan Chairman
Tim Sugden Managing Director
Michael Mulroney Non-Executive Director
Allan Trench Non-Executive Director
Anthony Reilly Executive Director
Liza Carpene Company Secretary
Contact Details
Registered Office Suite 3, Level 1 127 Cambridge Street West Leederville WA 6007
T: +61 8 6389 7400 F: +61 8 9463 7836 [email protected] www.venturexresources.com
ABN: 28 122 180 205
Further BFS metallurgical test work is now focused on the Mons Cupri and Whim Creek VMS deposits.
Venturex plans to release further updates regarding resource upgrades and reserves in the near future.
TIM SUGDEN Managing Director
For further information, please contact:
Tim Sugden / Liza Carpene – Venturex Resources Limited on (08) 6389 7400 Tony Dawe – Professional Public Relations on 0405 989 743 / (08) 9388 0944
About Venturex Resources Limited
Venturex Resources Limited (ASX: VXR) is an exploration and development company with a portfolio of VMS projects in the Western Pilbara. Venturex owns or controls the Whim Creek Copper Mine and all associated mining leases and exploration tenements including copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold resources at Whim Creek, Mons Cupri, Salt Creek, ‐ Liberty Indee and Sulphur Springs. Other assets include the Whim Creek Hotel, an accommodation village, crushing circuit and various mining infrastructure. The Company is committed to a strategy of consolidating VMS projects in the Western Pilbara and developing Whim Creek as a centralised processing hub. Venturex is also exploring for gold in Brazil through its wholly owned subsidiary CMG Mineração Ltda.
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