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IMAGE RESOURCES NL Interim / Quarterly Report 2009

Jul 30, 2009

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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QUARTERLY REPORT for the Quarter Ended 30 June 2009

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Image Resources NL ABN 57 063 977 579

ASX Code: IMA

35 Outram Street West Perth WA 6005

HIGHLIGHTS

T +61 8 9485 2410 F +61 8 9485 2840 E [email protected]

  • $3million capital raising completed to accelerate exploration and evaluation of the core mineral sand assets.

PO Box 644 West Perth WA 6872

Issued Capital :

Shares –Quoted: 85,099,354 fully paid shares

Options – Unquoted: 1,214,604 exercisable at $0.39 by 26.11.2009

2,000,000 exercisable at $0.37 by 21.11.2010

2,500,000 exercisable at $1.80 by 16.11.2011

2,200,000 exercisable at $2.12 by 20.11.2012

  • Atlas high grade zone (average grade greater than 20% HM) at Cooljarloo increased to 1.4km in length. Updated resource estimate due at the end of July.

  • High zircon grades (up to 20% of the heavy mineral fraction) identified at Atlas with potential to add significant value.

  • Preliminary drilling identifies a new mineralised strand south of the Gingin mine.

  • Major drilling programme at the Eucla Basin HM project scheduled to commence in August.

2,500,000 exercisable at $1.50 by 19.11.2011

1,000,000 exercisable at $2.38 by 26.3.2012

Cash: $6.4 million

Directors:

Peter Thomson Chairman George Sakalidis Managing Director Roger Thomson Executive Director

NORTH PERTH BASIN

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COOLJARLOO (Image 70%)

Additional aircore drilling on the Atlas heavy mineral (HM) deposit (inferred resource 9.7 million tonnes at 5.8% HM, containing 560,000 tonnes of HM) was limited to 8 holes totalling 88m. 9 holes were redrilled to provide QA/QC samples and will also be used to provide bulk samples for further test work.

Sample processing from Image’s previous drilling programme on the Atlas deposit was completed during the quarter. Detailed geological interpretation and resource estimation is in progress and is expected to be completed by then end of July. The data will be made available to those parties who have signed a memorandum of understanding with Image.

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Atlas HM Deposit Showing Zircon Sample Locations

The map above shows the average grade contours from the recent Atlas drilling and for comparison the 1% heavy mineral (HM) cut off resource outline from the May 2008 resource estimate (IMA ASX release 8 May 2008). Significantly, the drilling has confirmed good grades of shallow mineralisation with thin overburden likely to result in a very low strip ratio of less than 1.

The updated resource estimate is expected to result in an increase in the contained tonnes of heavy mineral because the intersected grades are higher than those from historical wide-spaced drilling and because a significant part of the very high-grade zone occurs outside the previous resource outline (see map).

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Of the 836 drill holes within the 1% HM outline 145, or 17%, exceed an average grade of 10% HM. The area where holes average more than 20% HM is approximately 1.4 km in strike length, the area exceeding 10% HM is 2.4 km in length and the area greater than 5% HM is 4.9 km in length with average widths of 40m, 90m and 150m respectively. Significant drill intersections for the latest laboratory results are summarised in Table 1.

Table 1 Atlas Aircore Drilling Results

Hole
Number
MGA
East
MGA
North
From
m
To
m
Interval
m
HM
%
1528 331520 6617612 10 12 2 6.0
1732 331819 6618799 3 7 4 12.0
1733 331842 6618803 3 8 5 25.1
1736 331928 6618999 1 4 3 8.7
1737 331921 6619002 1 7 6 19.4
1738 331911 6619003 1 5 4 16.7
1739 331900 6619004 1 6 5 12.0
1740 331881 6619005 0 6 6 8.6
1741 331860 6619006 0 6 6 22.1
1742 331841 6619006 1 12 7 8.8
1743 331820 6619004 3 6 3 9.6
1744 331801 6619002 4 7 3 10.4
1745 331780 6618999 3 6 3 12.3
1746 331760 6618999 4 8 4 11.6
1747 331740 6619001 4 8 4 5.8
1748 331719 6618995 3 7 4 5.2
1749 331701 6618991 4 6 2 5.2
1758 332081 6619202 1 5 4 6.3
1760 332042 6619210 0 3 3 5.6
1761 332020 6619215 0 5 5 16.2
1764 331961 6619221 1 4 3 16.3
1765 331940 6619222 0 5 5 7.3
1766 331921 6619223 0 6 6 7.2
1767 331902 6619221 0 5 5 4.5
1768 331881 6619220 0 7 7 11.8
1769 331861 6619218 1 7 6 6.6
1770 331841 6619218 0 6 6 9.1
1772 331802 6619211 3 6 3 8.4
1773 331781 6619210 4 6 2 14.1
1774 331761 6619210 4 6 2 11.8
2125 331392 6617197 11 14 3 4.7
2127 331654 6617398 3 5 2 7.7
2128 331616 6617403 1 5 4 13.6
2131 330790 6617391 11 15 4 3.7
2135 331672 6617803 5 9 4 10.9
2136 331713 6617994 5 8 3 7.1

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Table 1 Atlas Aircore Drilling Results

Hole
Number
MGA
East
MGA
North
From
m
To
m
Interval
m
HM
%
2138 331752 6618208 3 7 4 10.4
2139 331667 6618202 7 9 2 5.5
2146 331811 6618399 0 8 8 21.0
2147 331770 6618400 4 6 2 13.4
2148 331598 6618405 11 12 1 9.7
2154 331929 6618598 0 5 5 5.6
2155 331869 6618599 3 10 7 31.4
2156 331850 6618599 1 8 7 24.9
2157 331810 6618601 3 12 9 17.9
2161 331949 6618821 1 4 3 5.3
2162 331872 6618807 0 10 10 11.9
2168 331890 6619002 0 8 8 9.8
2169 331870 6619005 0 12 12 8.2
2170 331850 6619006 0 9 9 9.8
2173 332031 6619211 0 6 6 22.8
2174 331951 6619219 0 5 5 14.5
2175 331890 6619219 0 7 7 7.8
2176 331872 6619218 1 6 5 10.5
2179 332052 6619399 2 8 6 9.6
2180 331972 6619400 0 6 6 14.2
2181 331910 6619401 1 7 6 7.9
2182 332110 6619564 3 6 3 15.9
2183 332088 6619563 2 7 5 6.6
2184 331910 6619551 1 7 6 14.3
2189 332128 6619774 3 6 3 10.6
2190 332112 6619769 4 6 2 5.4
2191 332029 6619756 0 7 7 11.6
2192 331930 6619757 1 7 6 9.3
2193 331911 6619755 2 6 4 5.2
2196 332151 6619954 3 5 2 23.6
2204 332092 6620161 2 3 1 10.1
2205 332011 6620158 4 7 3 13.4
2206 331990 6620155 5 6 1 8.2
2207 331948 6620157 5 7 2 7.5
2208 331909 6620169 2 3 1 12.0
2211 332131 6620447 3 5 2 20.2
2213 331971 6620475 1 3 2 23.6
2214 331952 6620478 2 4 2 15.4
2217 332210 6620643 2 4 2 21.2
2219 331972 6620607 2 5 3 13.9
2221 332219 6620768 2 4 2 26.8
2222 332169 6620782 2 4 2 11.2

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Table 1 Atlas Aircore Drilling Results

Hole
Number
MGA
East
MGA
North
From
m
To
m
Interval
m
HM
%
2223 332150 6620788 2 4 2 8.6
2224 332132 6620794 5 6 1 9.5
2225 332072 6620805 4 7 3 10.6
2228 331971 6620759 2 3 1 7.4
2229 331830 6620710 4 6 2 8.0
2234 331845 6622105 3 4 1 8.1
2237 332110 6622000 5 6 1 8.6
2238 332221 6622000 4 5 1 8.1
2239 332027 6621878 4 5 1 16.5
2242 332230 6621701 3 5 2 9.2
2245 332030 6621600 4 7 3 15.2
2251 332189 6621200 6 10 4 8.5
2252 332250 6621200 6 7 1 8.1
2253 332270 6621200 4 6 2 8.9

1m or 2m samples, HM grade determined by TBE heavy liquid separation

Mineral assemblage analysis of selected samples from the high-grade zone at Atlas identified some unexpectedly high zircon grades ranging from 18.1% to 20.8% of the heavy mineral faction, well above the previous estimate of an average zircon content of 7% of the HM -see Table 2. The presence of high-grade zircon has the potential to add significant further value to the Atlas resource.

Table 2

Atlas Grain Count Analyses

Hole Number 1574 1677 1711
Depth (m) 9-10 5-6 9-10
% Heavy Mineral (HM) 41.1 42.1 46.4
Zircon % 20.8 20.3 18.1
Ilmenite % 65.1 66.4 64.4
Rutile + Leucoxene % 4.2 5.5 5.6
Other % 9.9 7.8 11.9
Valuable Heavy Mineral % 90.1 92.2 88.1

The samples were selected to give a preliminary indication of the likely mineral assemblage in those parts of Atlas where no historical information was available. As these grain counts are from only three selected samples taken from the high-grade HM zone, they cannot be taken to be representative of the entire resource. The location of these samples is shown on the above map.

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Further detailed work is underway in order to provide representative estimates of the mineral assemblage and product chemistry of the entire resource and particularly for the higher grade southern half. However these preliminary results are considered to be most encouraging.

GINGIN (Image 100%)

A 128-hole, 4692m aircore drilling programme was completed over geophysical targets during the quarter with significant intersections shown in Table 3. Holes GG122 to GG132 intersected mineralisation on the Gingin Scarp on three lines over a 1.3km strike length and some 12km south of Iluka’s Gingin mine. Follow up drilling is being planned, upon completion of the necessary permitting, to test the strike extent of this mineralisation over the remaining 25km of the scarp that lies within Image’s tenements. The other mineralised holes are situated on targets west of the Gingin Scarp, some of which will also be followed up.

Table 3 Gingin Aircore Drilling Results

Hole
Number
MGA
East
MGA
North
From
m
To
m
Interval
m
HM
%
GG030 391689.8 6530908 66 68 2 2.37
GG032 391843.2 6530970 40 42 2 2.25
GG033 391879.7 6530983 38 40 2 2.28
GG036 392184.9 6530682 36 38 2 2.16
GG051 390914 6524028 44 45 1 2.16
GG061 393519.7 6528800 26 28 2 2.19
GG062 393600 6528800 38 40 2 2.88
GG064 393280 6528400 36 39 3 3.66
GG065 393359.9 6528400 36 44 8 2.22
GG078 394119.3 6526467 44 46 2 3.53
GG085 392635.6 6526951 34 36 2 3.39
GG086 392672.3 6526967 36 40 4 6.46
GG101 392106 6529665 46 48 2 2.89
GG110 398126.3 6523018 24 26 2 2.06
GG122 398439.8 6523528 8 24 16 3.77
GG123 398460.2 6523533 8 16 8 4.37
GG124 398480 6523531 10 12 2 3.75
GG125 398500.1 6523533 10 14 4 2.62
GG127 398420.2 6523532 16 22 6 5.04
GG132 398014.7 6523625 20 22 2 2.88

1m or 2m samples, HM grade determined by TBE heavy liquid separation

EUCLA BASIN (Image 100%)

An aboriginal heritage survey and access track construction were completed at Serpentine Lakes ahead of an 8,000m aircore drilling programme due to commence in August 2009. This programme is designed to test the extent and continuity of the zircon and leucoxene-rich mineralisation identified in the initial drilling programme and test for further mineralisation along the shorelines recognised within the tenements.

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A draft access agreement with native title claimants over Image’s Ooldea Range tenement in South Australia is currently being reviewed. The tenement covers interpreted extensions of the Ooldea paleoshoreline, known to host economic heavy minerals elsewhere in the Eucla Basin.

BRONCO PLAINS (Image 100%, diluting)

A 36-hole, 2,721m aircore drilling programme was completed by the AngloGold Ashanti-Independence joint venture with the aim of testing gold-in-soil anomalies and other target areas on the Image tenements. A report on the results has yet to be received.

CORPORATE

During the quarter Image raised $3,000,309 by issuing 5,455,108 shares at 55cents per share to a combination of sophisticated and professional investors. The raising brings Image’s issued capital to 85,099,354 fully paid shares and its cash and liquid assets to $6.4 million at the end of the quarter. The funds will allow Image to accelerate its exploration and general feasibility work on its core mineral sand assets.

Image has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on its North Perth Basin heavy minerals project with Fibonacci Group Ltd, a private Chinese investment house with the aim of facilitating third party review of the project as a step towards the commercialisation of these assets. Fibonacci aims to provide funds to emerging resource companies with near term production potential for commodities which are in demand in China.

For more information on the company visit www.imageres.com.au Please direct enquiries to:

Roger Thomson George Sakalidis
Executive Director Managing Director
Phone (08) 9485 2410 Phone (08) 9485 2410
Mobile 0419 969 183 Mobile 0411 640 337
Email [email protected] [email protected]

The information in this report is based on information compiled or reviewed by George Sakalidis BSc (Hons), who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. George Sakalidis is a Director of Image Resources NL. George Sakalidis has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. George Sakalidis consents to the inclusion of this information in the form and context in which it appears in this report.

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