Zanaga Iron Ore Company Ltd Pre-Feasibility results - Zanaga iron ore project (7681O)
October 16 2012 - 2:41AM
UK Regulatory
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Zanaga Iron Ore Company Ltd
16 October 2012
PRESS RELEASE
London, 16 October 2012
Pre-Feasibility results for the Zanaga iron ore project
Zanaga Iron Ore Company ("ZIOC") (AIM: ZIOC) is pleased to
announce positive results from a Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") for
the Zanaga iron ore project in the Republic of Congo.
The PFS has recommended that the optimum scope of work for
initial development of the Zanaga mineral resource would comprise
an open pit, low strip mining operation and a concentrator. This
would produce 30 million dry tonnes per annum of high quality 68%
iron content product over a mine life in excess of 30 years.
The PFS assessed the optimal product transport option would be a
380 kilometre slurry pipeline with a single pumping station and a
new deep-water port which would be located approximately 9
kilometres north of existing oil and general cargo port facilities
at Pointe Noire.
The PFS has estimated capital expenditure of US$7.4 billion1 and
lowest quartile operating cost, including shipping to China.
The project will now move into full Feasibility Study, the
outcomes of which will guide a decision on whether to develop the
Zanaga project's 6.8 billion tonne mineral resource2.
ZIOC Chairman, Clifford Elphick, said: "This PFS represents a
pivotal moment in the development of the Zanaga project. These
results confirm that Zanaga is one of the most attractive
undeveloped iron ore projects globally, with the potential to offer
a low cost long life operation capable of producing a premium high
quality iron ore product, with significant expansion
potential."
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Contacts
Zanaga Iron Ore Company:
Andrew Trahar
Corporate Development and Investor
Relations Manager
Telephone: +44 207 399 1105
Email: at@zanagairon.com
Liberum Capital Limited
NOMAD, Financial, Adviser and
Joint Corporate Broker
Chris Bowman, Christopher Britton
and Christopher Kololian
Telephone: +44 20 3100 2000
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Joint Corporate Broker
Alex Carter
Telephone: +44 20 7986 4000
Pelham Bell Pottinger
Financial PR
James MacFarlane and Daniel Thole
Telephone: +44 20 7861 3232
Notes for editors:
About Zanaga Iron Ore:
Zanaga Iron Ore Company Limited is listed on AIM, ticker: ZIOC,
and is the owner of 50% less one share interest in the Zanaga Iron
Ore Project based through its joint venture partnership with
Xstrata.
Zanaga iron ore project:
The Zanaga project is located 30km west of the town of Zanaga, a
regional centre of the Lekoumou Department of the southern Republic
of Congo. This is 250km northwest of the capital, Brazzaville, and
300km northeast of the major oil port, Pointe Noire. It is a joint
venture between Xstrata (50% plus one share) and the Zanaga Iron
Ore Company (50% less one share). The project has been managed by
Xstrata Iron Ore since February 2011 and is currently in the
Feasibility Study stage which is due for completion in Q2 2014.
1 Estimated capital cost in today's terms, before including
potential future inflation. Further feasibility level studies are
required to improve the level of definition of this estimate.
2 Resource upgrade, announced 4 September 2012, available on
www.zanagairon.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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