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MACRO METALS LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2014
Jan 9, 2014
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Capital/Financing Update
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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT AND MEDIA RELEASE
10 January 2014
TYPICAL INDICATIVE ANALYSIS FOR AGBAJA FINES
Australian based iron ore development company, Kogi Iron Limited (ASX: KFE) (“Kogi”, “Kogi Iron”, or the “Company”) and it’s 100% owned Nigerian operating company, KCM Mining Limited (“KCM”) are pleased to announce the typical indicative analysis of the proposed Agbaja Fines product for its 100% owned Agbaja Iron Ore Project (“Agbaja” or “Agbaja Project”).
The typical analysis for “Agbaja Fines” is illustrated in Figure 1 below, and is based on Preliminary Feasibility Study (“PFS”) metallurgical test-work and processing plant design incorporating bioleaching.
Kogi Iron’s Managing Director, Iggy Tan said that “the product specification is currently being used in discussions with potential off take customers and partners. To date there has been sound interest in the proposed Agbaja Fines product and discussions are ongoing as the Company progresses towards the completion of its Preliminary Feasibility Study.”
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“Favourable attributes of Agbaja Fines will include low silica values, high loss on ignition and the coarse nature (250 micron) of the final product. With initial transport via river barging, followed by transhipment to Cape size ocean going vessels, the Company will be well positioned to provide cost effective cargo sizes for customers”, said Mr Tan.
Kogi Iron Limited ABN 28 001 894 033 KCM Mining Limited (Nigerian Subsidiary)
13 Colin Street West Perth Western Australia 6005 Australia
PO Box 1934, West Perth Telephone: +61 8 9200 3456 Western Australia 6872 Facsimile: +61 8 9200 3455 Australia Website: www.kogiiron.com
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Figure 1 – Typical Indicative Analysis of Agbaja Fines
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For more information, please contact:
Corporate Iggy Tan Managing Director Kogi Iron Limited Tel (office): +61 8 9200 3456 Email: [email protected]
Media Contact Michael Vaughan Cannings Purple
Tel (office): +61 8 6314 6300 Email: [email protected]
About Kogi Iron (ASX: KFE)
Kogi Iron Limited is a Perth-based company with the objective of becoming an African iron ore producer through the development of its 100% owned Agbaja iron ore project located in Kogi State, Republic of Nigeria, West Africa (“Agbaja” or “Agbaja Project”). The Company is conducting a Preliminary Feasibility Study on a potential iron ore operation at the Agbaja Plateau initially utilizing barging transport of its iron ore product along the Niger River to Warri Port and world export markets. The Company will continue to advance access and usage agreements for an existing under-utilised heavy haulage railway that runs from near the Agbaja Project to Port Warri. This existing railway remains an important part of a longer term transport solution for an expanded production profile.
In recent years Nigeria has sought to diversify its economy, which is dominated by hydrocarbons, into minerals and related industries. Nigeria is the largest country by population in Africa with a GDP growth rate of 7.2% in 2013. The country has very transparent and consistent mining regulations and very favourable fiscal terms for foreign investment in mining.
The Company holds a land position of approximately 400km[2 ] covering 15 tenements, with the main focus being EL12124 which covers a large part of the Agbaja Plateau. The Agbaja Plateau hosts an extensive, shallow, flat-lying channel iron deposit with Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource of 586 million tonnes with an in-situ iron grade of 41.3% reported in accordance with the JORC Code (2012). This mineral resource covers approximately 20% of the prospective plateau area within EL12124.
Forward-looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements which are identified by words such as ‘anticipates’, ‘forecasts’, ‘may’, ‘will’, ‘could’, ‘believes’, ‘estimates’, ‘targets’, ‘expects’, ‘plan’ or ‘intends’ and other similar words that involve risks and uncertainties. Indications of, and guidelines or outlook on, future earnings, distributions or financial position or performance and targets, estimates and assumptions in respect of production, prices, operating costs, results, capital expenditures, reserves and resources are also forward looking statements. These statements are based on an assessment of present economic and operating conditions, and on a number of assumptions and estimates regarding future events and actions that, while considered reasonable as at the date of this announcement and are expected to take place, are inherently subject to significant technical, business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the control of our Company, the Directors and management. We cannot and do not give any assurance that the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement will actually occur and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward looking statements are subject to various risk factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the events or results estimated, expressed or anticipated in these statements.
Competent Person’s Statements
The information in this announcement that relates to the Mineral Resource for the Agbaja Project is extracted from the report entitled “Mineral Resources at Agbaja Increase 20% to 586MT Includes an Indicated Resource of 466MT” created on 10 December 2013 and is available to view of the Kogi Iron web site www.kogiiron.com. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affect the information included in the original market announcement and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person’s findings are presented have not been materially modifies from the original market announcement.
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