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IMAGE RESOURCES NL — Investor Presentation 2013
Nov 18, 2013
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COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT
COMPETENT PERSON’S STATEMENT – EXPLORATION RESULTS
The information in this presentation that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by Paul Leandri BAppSc who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Paul Leandri is an employee of Image Resources NL. He 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’. Paul Leandri consents to the inclusion of this information in the form and context in which it appears in this presentation.
COMPETENT PERSON’S STATEMENT – RESOURCE ESTIMATES
The information in this presentation that relates to mineral resources is based on information compiled by Lynn Widenbar BSc, MSc, DIC MAIG, MAusIMM employed by Widenbar & Associates who is a consultant to the Company. Lynn Widenbar 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 of Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Lynn Widenbar consents to the inclusion of this information in the form and context in which it appears in this presentation.
COMPETENT PERSON’S STATEMENT – PROJECT EVALUATION
The information in this presentation that relates to project evaluation and financial analysis is based on information compiled by Mr Ray Cary, BSc., who is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Ray Cary is the Director and Principal of Northwind Resources Pty Ltd, a Perth, Western Australia based minerals industry consultancy. Ray Cary has sufficient experience in the technical and economic evaluation of minerals development projects and mining operations which is relevant to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Ray Cary consents to the inclusion of this information in the form and context in which it appears in this presentation.
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements made during or in connection with this communication, including, without limitation, those concerning the economic outlook for the mining industry, expectations regarding prices, exploration or development costs and other operating results, growth prospects and the outlook of Image’s operations contain or comprise certain forward looking statements regarding Image’s operations, economic performance and financial condition. Although Image believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct.
Accordingly, results could differ materially from those set out in the forward looking statements as a result of, among other factors, changes in economic and market conditions, success of business and operating initiatives, changes that could result from future acquisitions of new exploration properties, the risks and hazards inherent in the mining business (including industrial accidents, environmental hazards or geologically related conditions), changes in the regulatory environment and other government actions, risks inherent in the ownership, exploration and operation of or investment in mining properties, fluctuations in prices and exchange rates and business and operations risks management, as well as generally those additional factors set forth in our periodic filings with ASX. Image undertakes no obligation to update publicly or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after today’s date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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CONTENTS
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1. Investment Case
2. Company Overview
3. Location
4. Resources
5. Plant Concepts
6. Funding Requirement
7. Project Economics
8. Next Steps
9. Development Team
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10.Exploration Potential
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11.Conclusion
Appendices: Resources, Maps, CVs.
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THE MINERAL SANDS BUSINESS
Four Constants
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Change markets, economic drivers, investment climate
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Quality of resources is the key driver
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Marketing is critical bulk commodity marketing = bulk commodity pricing
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Counter-cyclic investment is essential
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1a. INVESTMENT CASE... An >80% IRR project
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Project - Low funding requirement (target <A$60M) for 3Mtpa plant producing 180ktpa of finished product in the early years
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Economics - 16 month pay back, Pre tax IRR
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between 80% and 100%
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Timetable - Quick into development. Less than 12
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month build
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Finance Partners & Off-take - Detailed discussions continuing
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1b. INVESTMENT CASE... High grade resources and ideal location
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Reserves - One of the highest in ground value per
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tonne currently being evaluated globally (8% HM, 6.5% VHM and over 19% Zircon)
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Location - 90km from Perth, near existing major road,
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power lines and gas pipelines and with adequate water supply on site
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Product - In first two years higher priced Zircon/Rutile
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generate 75% of the revenue
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Upside - Large JORC Resource base and exploration potential beyond initial 10 year mine life Mineral Sands Project Checklist
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2. COMPANY OVERVIEW
Focus of Operations: Mineral Sands in Western Australia
Liquid Assets :
A$3.0M (at 30 September 2013)
Market Cap: Shares: Options: Top 20 Shareholders:
A$20M (at A$0.145 per share) 140.2M
8.8M (held by directors, all well above current share price) Holding 46%
Board and Management:
Peter Thomas – Chairman Peter Davies – MD/ Project Manager George Sakalidis – Director Exploration Graeme Scott – CFO Paul Leandri – Exploration Manager
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3. LOCATION
Home - Centre of WA’s Mineral Sands “province” for over 35 years
Industry - Company making deposits nearby for Iluka and Tronox (Tiwest)
In Place - Excellent road, rail, power, gas and ports
Team - Locally available experienced technical staff and plant operators
Mineralogy - Known characteristics Government - Low sovereign risk
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4a. BOONANARRING RESOURCES
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“Boonanarring is a world class combination of HM, VHM and Zircon”
Strike Length - 12km
- Resource 21.5Mt @ 8.3% HM containing 1.4Mt VHM (79% of HM) Contains 370kt Zircon – Sweet Spot East Strand 8.4Mt @11.7% HM with 25% of HM as Zircon (includes higher grade sections)
Extension - Potential to North
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– 4b. ATLAS RESOURCES Shallow and high grade
Location - 90 km from Boonanarring – mined in years 6 to 10 Resource - 10.7Mt @ 7.8%HM containing 0.64Mt VHM (all Measured and Indicated) - Assemblage 53.4% Ilmenite, 5.3% Leucoxene, 7.8% Rutile, 10.6% Zircon Strip ratio - 1:1
Extensions - Atlas South drilled Mining Lease - Application in progress
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5a. PLANT CONCEPTS “Mine to finished products on one site”
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NPB DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SCHEMATIC FLOWSHEET
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5b. PLANT CONCEPTS
“State of the art plants. Easy to build and relocate”
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NPB DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SITE LAYOUT
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6. FUNDING REQUIREMENT
| Item | Conservative Capex A$M | Modular plant costs ~ $34M | ||
| Wet Plant Cost | 13.6 | |||
| Dry Mill Cost | 15.0 | |||
| Zircon Plant Cost | 5.0 | |||
| Infrastructure | 21 | |||
| . | Mining contracted out | |||
| Indirects, EPCM and Contingency | 7.9 | |||
| Sub‐total(incl. Contingency) | 43.6 | |||
| Other Pre‐production Costs | 12.9 | |||
| Mining Contractor and Pre‐strip | 12.3 | |||
| TOTALldi ki itl | 688 | |||
| (excung worng capa) | . | |||
| Working Capital | 2.2 | |||
| Maximum Negative Cashflow | 71.0 |
7a. PROJECT ECONOMICS
FUNDING Pre‐Tax Pre ‐Tax Pre‐Tax CASE A$M NVP@8% IRR PAYBACK BCFS = TOLL TREATMENT 64.1 $145 M 57.4% 22 months STAND‐ALONE 71.0 $239 M 82% 16 months STAND‐ALONE TARGET <62.2 $247 M 97% 14 months
Capital: Includes pre‐production costs and working capital Assumptions:
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Exchange rate: 2015 A$1 = US$0.85 2016 on A$1 = US$0.80
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Chloride/SR Ilmenite price = US$ 275/t
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Premium Zircon price = US$ 1500/t
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7b. SENSITIVITIES
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7c. ZIRCON PRICE - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
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US$/t
2500 JP Morgans
Weighted Average
2080 Zircon Inducement
2000 1880 Price $1807
March 2013
1500 1500
1450 At Long Term
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1275 $1500/t the
NPV would be
1000 900 880 A$240M and IRR
750 >80%
IMA Zircon
500
Inducement Price
$600
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Long Term
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7d. ZIRCON INDUCEMENT PRICE - THE STRESS TEST
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“Zircon prices
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fall to 50% of
current levels
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15% IRR”
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Zircon Inducement Price ‐ is defined as the price at which the project has an IRR of 15% and is cash positive in each year of operation.
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8a.NEXT STEPS
Final submissions lodged mid Nov 2013 Studies in progress Off-take and debt progressing 6 month build From mining to product in 2-3 months 19
8b. NEXT STEPS – DELIVERY DRIVES VALUE
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Base Case Feasibility Study
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Updated Economic Case
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Environment Submissions Lodged
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Boonanarring JORC Resource Upgrade
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Sales Off-take Agreements progressing
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Detailed Design (Q1 2014)
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Conclude Debt and Finance Negotiations (Q2 2014)
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Construct (2H 2014)
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8c. NEXT STEPS – POTENTIAL FOR RE-RATING
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9. DEVELOPMENT TEAM
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Key members of the project development team have all worked for many years in other local mineral sands operations
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The combined list of recent mineral sands experience amongst the team includes Tiwest/Tronox, Iluka, Gunson, Tormin, Base and Bemax
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MD with 40 years industry experience in project evaluation and operations, including mineral sands and pigment plant senior management roles
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No initial requirement for Fly in-Fly out or camp accommodation
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10. EXPLORATION
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Extensive new finds and extensions within the known NPB mineral sands province achieved over the last 13 years
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Large resource base of both high grade and large scale resources, in addition to Boonanarring and Atlas
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Potential northern resource extension between Boonanarring and Red Gully
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Potential for further major finds at Bidaminna and between Atlas and Bidaminna currently being tested
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Positive additions to medium term news stream at low cost – historical costs are $0.15/t JORC Resources
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Longer term potential in the Eucla basin.
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11. INVESTMENT CASE
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Low funding required A$60M to A$70M
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Product Mix - high proportion of high value Zircon/Rutile
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Good Margins A$350 per tonne product
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Fast Pay back 16 months from first production
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Timetable - Quick into development. 12 month build
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Economics - NPV over A$240M, IRR of 80% to 100%
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Upside Product pricing and exploration for large scale deposits
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Risk – Low infrastructure, technical and sovereign risks
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APPENDICES
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HEAVY MINERALS RESOURCES Note #1
| JORC RESOURCES HM GRADE CONTAINED HM CUT‐OFF GRADE Area Mt %HM kt %HM BoonanarringNote #2 21.5 8.3% 1,770 2.5 Total North Perth Basin |
JORC RESOURCES HM GRADE CONTAINED HM CUT‐OFF GRADE Area Mt %HM kt %HM BoonanarringNote #2 21.5 8.3% 1,770 2.5 Total North Perth Basin |
JORC RESOURCES HM GRADE CONTAINED HM CUT‐OFF GRADE Area Mt %HM kt %HM BoonanarringNote #2 21.5 8.3% 1,770 2.5 Total North Perth Basin |
JORC RESOURCES HM GRADE CONTAINED HM CUT‐OFF GRADE Area Mt %HM kt %HM BoonanarringNote #2 21.5 8.3% 1,770 2.5 Total North Perth Basin |
JORC RESOURCES HM GRADE CONTAINED HM CUT‐OFF GRADE Area Mt %HM kt %HM BoonanarringNote #2 21.5 8.3% 1,770 2.5 Total North Perth Basin |
JORC RESOURCES HM GRADE CONTAINED HM CUT‐OFF GRADE Area Mt %HM kt %HM BoonanarringNote #2 21.5 8.3% 1,770 2.5 Total North Perth Basin |
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CONTAINED HM |
CUT‐OFF GRADE |
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| BoonanarringNote #2 | 21.5 | 8.3% | 1,770 | 2.5 | ||
| Total North Perth Basin | ||||||
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64.0 | 7.1% | 4,530 | 2.5 | ||
| Cyclone Extended | 86.3 | 1.9% | 1,640 | 1.0 | ||
| Bidaminna (Dredge) | 44.6 | 3.0% | 1,300 | 1.0 | ||
| Cooljarloo (Dredge) | 191.6 | 1.9% | 3,600 | 1.0 | ||
| TOTAL IMA | ||||||
| 386.5 | 2.9% | 11,070 |
Note #1 Refer to Annual Reports and ASX Releases for details
Note #2 Also included in the North Perth Basin JORC Resources. Includes Block E as of 30/5/13
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HEAVY MINERALS RESERVES
| PROBABLE RESERVES RESERVE HM GRADE ZIRCON IN HM CONTAINED HM Area Mt %HM % Zircon kt Boonanarring 14.4 8.3% 24.5% 1,200 Atlas 9.7 8.1% 11.0% 800 |
PROBABLE RESERVES RESERVE HM GRADE ZIRCON IN HM CONTAINED HM Area Mt %HM % Zircon kt Boonanarring 14.4 8.3% 24.5% 1,200 Atlas 9.7 8.1% 11.0% 800 |
PROBABLE RESERVES RESERVE HM GRADE ZIRCON IN HM CONTAINED HM Area Mt %HM % Zircon kt Boonanarring 14.4 8.3% 24.5% 1,200 Atlas 9.7 8.1% 11.0% 800 |
PROBABLE RESERVES RESERVE HM GRADE ZIRCON IN HM CONTAINED HM Area Mt %HM % Zircon kt Boonanarring 14.4 8.3% 24.5% 1,200 Atlas 9.7 8.1% 11.0% 800 |
PROBABLE RESERVES RESERVE HM GRADE ZIRCON IN HM CONTAINED HM Area Mt %HM % Zircon kt Boonanarring 14.4 8.3% 24.5% 1,200 Atlas 9.7 8.1% 11.0% 800 |
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| PROBABLE RESERVES | RESERVE | HM GRADE | ZIRCON IN HM | CONTAINED HM | |
| Area | Mt | %HM | % Zircon | kt | |
| Boonanarring | 14.4 | 8.3% | 24.5% | 1,200 | |
| Atlas | 9.7 | 8.1% | 11.0% | 800 | |
| TOTAL JORC RESERVES | 24.1 | 8.2% | 19.1% | 2,000 | |
| Excluded Resources | |||||
| Boonanarring Inferred* | 2.8 | 5.8% | 17.3% | 160 |
* Infill drilling to JORC Indicated category has been completed
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NPB DETAILED RESOURCE STATEMENT
| High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
High Grade Resources @ 2.5% HMCut‐off Resource Resource Category BCM TONNES % HM % SLIMES HM TONNES VHM (%) Ilmenite (%) Leucoxene (%) Rutile (%) Zircon (%) Atlas Indicated 520,000 1,080,000 3.2 19.2 34,000 74 53 8 7 6 Atlas Measured 4,810,000 9,700,000 8.5 15.3 820,000 76 52 5 8 11 Atlas Total 5,330,000 10,780,000 7.9 15.7 854,000 76 52 5 8 10 Boonanarring Inferred 2,100,000 4,200,000 6.5 17.4 270,000 83 51 8 7 18 |
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| Boonanarring | Indicated | 7,000,000 | 14,300,000 | 9.0 | 17.2 | 1,270,000 | 80 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Boonanarring | Measured | 1,680,000 | 3,000,000 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 230,000 | 70 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 17 | ||
| Boonanarring Total |
10,780,000 | 21,500,000 | 8.3 | 16.2 | 1,770,000 | 79 | 49 | 6 | 4 | 21 | |||
| Gingin Nth | Indicated | 680,000 | 1,320,000 | 5.7 | 15.7 | 80,000 | 75 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Gingin Nth | Inferred | 580,000 | 1,090,000 | 5.2 | 14 | 60,000 | 78 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Gingin Nth Total |
1,260,000 | 2,410,000 | 5.5 | 15.0 | 140,000 | 77 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Gingin Sth | Inferred | 400,000 | 730,000 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 48,000 | 92 | 67 | 8 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Gingin Sth | Indicated | 3,240,000 | 5,820,000 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 380,000 | 91 | 68 | 10 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Gingin Sth | Measured | 870,000 | 1,530,000 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 67,000 | 79 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Gingin Sth Total |
4,510,000 | 8,080,000 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 495,000 | 89 | 65 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
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NPB DETAILED RESOURCE STATEMENT (CONT)
| High Grade Resources | High Grade Resources | ||||||||||||
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| Helene | Indicated | 5,600,000 | 11,500,000 | 4.6 | 18.6 | 520,000 | 84 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Hyperion | Indicated | 1,800,000 | 3,700,000 | 7.8 | 19.3 | 290,000 | 71 | 56 | 0 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Red Gully | Indicated | 1,930,000 | 3,410,000 | 7.8 | 11.5 | 270,000 | 90 | 66 | 8 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Red Gully | Inferred | 1,455,000 | 2,570,000 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 190,000 | 90 | 66 | 8 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Red Gully Total |
3,385,000 | 5,980,000 | 7.7 | 11.2 | 460,000 | 90 | 66 | 8 | 3 | 12 | |||
| Grand Total | **32,665,000 ** | 63,950,000 | 7.1 | 13.9 | 4,529,000 | 80 | 57 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
EUCLA BASIN – CYCLONE EXTENDED
Cyclone Extended Resources
| HM Cut‐off | Resource Category |
BCM | TONNES | % HM | % SLIMES | HM TONNES | VHM | Ilmenite | Hi Ti Oxide* | Leucoxene | Rutile | Zircon |
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| (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |||||||
| 1.00 | Indicated | 44,500,000 | 77,300,000 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 1,500,000 | 75 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 1.00 | Indicated | 5,400,000 | 9,000,000 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 100,000 | 86 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 1.00 | Total | 49,900,000 | 86,300,000 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 1,600,000 | 76 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
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MINE PLANNING
Potential for Grade Scheduling and High Grading
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MINING APPROACH
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HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS COMMANDING PREMIUM PRICING
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Boonanarring Ilmenite is a sought after premium product:
•54.5% and 60% TiO2 (range of world deposits is between 40% and 63% TiO2)
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•Coarse Grained (D50 150 – 200 micron)
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•Low U+Th (80 – 130 ppm)
•Suitable as feed to SR plants, pigment plants and slag production
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PRODUCTION -VALUABLE HEAVY MINERALS
| AREA ZIRCON ILMENITE LEUCOXENE RUTILE kt kt kt kt Boonanarring 268 525 49 44 |
AREA ZIRCON ILMENITE LEUCOXENE RUTILE kt kt kt kt Boonanarring 268 525 49 44 |
AREA ZIRCON ILMENITE LEUCOXENE RUTILE kt kt kt kt Boonanarring 268 525 49 44 |
AREA ZIRCON ILMENITE LEUCOXENE RUTILE kt kt kt kt Boonanarring 268 525 49 44 |
AREA ZIRCON ILMENITE LEUCOXENE RUTILE kt kt kt kt Boonanarring 268 525 49 44 |
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| AREA | ZIRCON | ILMENITE | LEUCOXENE | RUTILE | |
| kt | kt | kt | kt | ||
| Boonanarring | 268 | 525 | 49 | 44 | |
| Atlas | 75 | 368 | 5 | 46 | |
| TOTAL | 343 | 893 | 54 | 89 | |
| Average Annual Production |
34* | 89** | 5 | 9 |
- Up to 55 ktpa ZIRCON
** up to130 ktpa ILMENITE
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PROVEN EXPLORATION
Historical exploration costs of 15 cents per tonne of Resources
Dry Mining Resources
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Boonanarring (existing ML – most)
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Atlas and Atlas South (part MLA)
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Red Gully (existing ML)
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Gingin North (existing ML)
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Gingin South (existing ML - part)
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Hyperion
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Helene
Larger Tonnage Dredge Mining Projects
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Bidaminna
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Cooljarloo
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THE TEAM
Peter Davies – Image Managing Director/Project Manager
Peter Davies, appointed as Managing Director in May 2012, is a mining engineer with 39 years of global experience in project evaluation and management of mining, chemicals and mineral sands operations.
From 1995 to 2000 he was Manager/General Manager of the Tiwest Chandala mineral sands and Synthetic Rutile processing facilities north of Perth. In 2000 he was transferred by Kerr-McGee Chemicals (later Tronox) to manage the TiO2 pigment plant at Antwerp and from 2001 to 2006 was Director of European Operations, in charge of the pigment plants at Uerdingen (Germany), and Botlek (The Netherlands). Peter joined Image in February 2012.
George Sakalidis– Image Technical Director (MD until May 2012)
George Sakalidis is an exploration geophysicist with over 25 years’ industry experience, during which time his career has included extensive gold, diamond, base metals and mineral sands exploration. Mr Sakalidis has been involved in a number of significant mineral discoveries,. He was also instrumental in the design of the magnetic surveys and exploration drilling program that led to the discovery of the large mineral sands resources at Magnetic Minerals Limited's Dongara Project. Magnetic Minerals were taken over by Ticor in early 2003.
The geophysical techniques used by Image and George Sakalidis’ proven ability to interpret the results in order to find economic mineralisation which has been missed by other companies, gives Image a significant competitive advantage in this field.
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THE TEAM
Paul Leandri – Image Exploration Manager
Over 25 years experience in mining and exploration geology, including 8 years working for RGC Mineral Sands consisting of 5 years mine planning at Capel operations and 3 years exploration around Eneabba and the Murray Basin. Past 12 years working on mine planning, development and exploration projects for various mineral sands companies, including 6 years on the Coburn Mineral Sands project and 1.5 years in Project Generation for Iluka Resources. Paul joined Image as Exploration Manager in August 2010.
Lynn Widenbar – Widenbar and Associates
Consultant resource geologist with over 40 years experience in the exploration, evaluation and mining of mineral resources in Australia, Asia, Africa, North, Central and South America and Europe; this includes more than 10 years involvement in resource estimation mineral sands, mainly in Western Australia, for companies such as Image Resources, Magnetic Minerals and Diatreme Resources.
Per Scrimshaw – Creative Mined
Consultant mining engineer with 14 years experience in technical support for mining operations within Australia and abroad. Over 10 Years of this has been servicing Mineral Sands clients in the key areas of optimisation, design, scheduling and economic evaluation. Supported operations have included North Capel Extended, Stratham West, Gingin, Cataby, Eneabba South Mine, Dardanup / Burekup, Kwale.
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THE TEAM
Eugene Dardengo – Processing Manager
Eugene is an accomplished Metallurgist and Operations Manager with over 27 years’ experience in the Australian mining and mineral industry. Eugene has held a number of other diverse roles and was held accountable for Logistics Services, Technical Support Services and Safety, Health and Environment Advice for Tiwest Northern Operations. Has worked as a Metallurgist, with Hamersley Iron (Rio), and Allied Mineral Laboratories and the Readings Group of Companies, and has had exposure to the planning, prioritising and implementation of various metallurgical test work programs for iron ore projects and a wide range of industrial minerals.
Steve Benson – Allmineral
Over 33 years experience in Mineral Sands at Allied Eneabba (RGC) and Tiwest Chandala and Cooljarloo operations. Steve has worked at all levels in Wet Plant and Dry Mill operations up to Plant Manager and has provided technical support both as an in house specialist and as a specialist with equipment suppliers. He has strong knowledge of and experience in physical separation techniques and some unique skills in the assessment of heavy minerals mineralogy.
Todd Colton – Broad Reach Pty Ltd
Mining professional with over 23 years experience in the mining industry, predominately in mineral sands operations with WSL/Iluka, providing operational, technical and management support for project development and mining operations in Australia and overseas. Todd has held operational and senior management roles through feasibility studies, operations planning and design, construction and commercial production.
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THE TEAM
Peter McSweeney - MSP Engineering
Peter has over 25 years experience in delivering industrial minerals projects throughout Australia and overseas. He has been the Managing Director of MSP Engineering for the past 16 years and during this period the company has delivered over $AUD 500M in capital projects including:
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ISK Mineral Sands – Wet and dry mineral sands processing facility at Waroona and Picton WA
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MBT (now Bemax) – MBT wet and dry mineral sands processing facility in the Murray Basin
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Bemax – Relocation of the Jangardup wet plant floating concentrator to Murray Basin
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Rocla – Design and construction of their 1.6mtpa high purity silica sands plant in South Australia
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– Sons of Gwalia / GAM – Numerous expansions of the Wodgina and Greenbushes tantalum gravity/grind concentrators valued in excess of $200M.
Jackie Boyer – JASS (Aust) Pty Ltd
Jackie has over 27 years’ experience in statutory approvals management, environmental impact assessment, environmental planning, environmental management and environmental policy matters. Her experience has been gained working with a wide range of interests from State and local government, construction, industry and academic institutions to landowners, community groups and the general public.
Felicity Donaldson - 360 Environmental
Ten years of experience in the resources sector undertaking baseline environmental studies, impact assessments and State/ Federal approvals under environmental and mining legislation. Recent mining projects have included iron ore, gold and uranium.
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Contact Us
PRINCIPAL OFFICE Suite 4a 5 Mumford Place BALCATTA WA 6021
POSTAL ADDRESS P.O. Box 644 West Perth, W.A. 6872
TELEPHONE (08) 9485 2410
FACSIMILE (08) 9240 7845
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