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MINBOS RESOURCES LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2024
Jan 28, 2024
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ASX Announcement 29[th] JANUARY 2024
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CABINDA PHOSPHATE PROJECT UPDATE
Minbos Resources Limited (ASX: MNB) (“Minbos” or “the Company”) is pleased to provide an update on construction activities at the Cabinda Phosphate Project, located in Cabinda, Angola.
The Company has taken over the management of the EPC contracts, resulting in a reduction in costs and an updated and improved design. Current plant completion is expected late August 2024 with wet commissioning (plant working with product) expected late-July 2024 and a decision on the preferred civil works contractor, imminent.
Table 1: Construction timetable to wet commissioning (Stages 1 and 2)
| Feb | Mar | **Apr ** | Jun | Jul | August | |
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| Stage 1 | ||||||
| Temporary Facilities Earthworks Roads Drainage Concrete |
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| Stage 2 | ||||||
| Structural Mechanical Piping Electrical/Instrumentation Dry Commissioning Wet Commissioning |
Key Updates
Led by Chief Operating Officer Mr. Steve Abbott and Group Project Manager Mr. Marco Gomes, a design optimisation and process review has been completed on the Cabinda Phosphate Project, resulting in a material reduction in construction times and cost. Construction activities have been split into two stages, with Stage 1 and most of Stage 2 design optimisation now completed.
Stage 1: Engineering design and construction to ground level
The optimised design works including a revised layout has been completed (fig. 1) and includes earthworks, drainage and reinforced concrete foundations. The Company is now engaged in an active tender process to complete all stage 1 civil works, with a preferred bidder and contract expected to be awarded shortly.
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Minbos Resources Limited ABN 93 141 175 493 T: +61 8 6219 7171 E: [email protected] W: www.minbos.com Office : Suite 5, 254 Rokeby Road, Subiaco WA 6008
ASX Announcement
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The Company will advise on the preferred bidder once the contract has been awarded.
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Figure 1 – Updated design from ASL Associados. with changes shown in red.
Stage 2: Structural, mechanical, piping, integration, electrical and instrumentation
The optimised design review for Stage 2 has been completed. Stage 2 covers all above ground works for the disciplines mentioned above for the process plant and all services such as fuel, water, maintenance, laboratory, offices etc with a 3D site model expected imminently.
This announcement is authorised for release by the Board of Minbos Resources Limited.
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For further information please contact:
Investor and Media Enquires
E: [email protected] P: +61 8 6219 7171
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Minbos Resources Limited ABN 93 141 175 493 T: +61 8 6219 7171 E: [email protected] W: www.minbos.com Office : Suite 5, 254 Rokeby Road, Subiaco WA 6008
ASX Announcement
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Compliance Statement
The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcement and, in the case of material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements contained in this release, particularly those regarding possible or assumed future performance, revenue, costs, dividends, production levels or rates, prices, or potential growth of Minbos Resources Limited, are, or may be, forward looking statements. Such statements relate to future events and expectations and, as such, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors.
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Minbos Resources Limited ABN 93 141 175 493 T: +61 8 6219 7171 E: [email protected] W: www.minbos.com Office : Suite 5, 254 Rokeby Road, Subiaco WA 6008