19 December 2013 Iron Road Limited (ASX: IRD) Hold INITIATION REPORT: Paving the Road to Feasibility $0.275 Lachlan Rutherford PhD MBA Investment Highlights +618 8217 3900
[email protected] • Iron Road Ltd (ASX: IRD) is assessing the development of magnetite iron resources in the Gawler Craton region of South Australia. Capital Summary • Flagship Central Eyre Iron Project (”CEIP”) has a JORC Total Mineral Resource of 3.7Bt @ 16% Fe at Warramboo. Issued Capital: 581.9m ords 3.3m opts • In addition to the Mineral Resource, an Exploration Target of 8–17 Bt @ Share Price (19/12/13): $0.275 14–20% Fe has been identified elsewhere within the CEIP. 52 week low/high: $0.15 / $0.355 • Metallurgical test work has demonstrated that a high-grade 67% Fe Market Capitalisation: $160.0m magnetite concentrate can be produced at a relatively coarse grind Market Capitalisation (dil.1): $160.9m size (>-130µm). Cash (30/09/13): $51.96m • Resource is amenable to low cost, open pit bulk mining methods. 2 Enterprise Value : $108.1m Preliminary operating cost estimate of A$59/dmt is in the second 1 Fully diluted. quartile of the 2013 price adjusted CFR China cost curve. 2 EV = Market capitalisation – cash + debt. • Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”) is assessing the production and export of 20Mtpa of magnetite iron concentrate for +20 years. Directors & Key Management • Capesize vessel capable port and rail infrastructure would be Dr Peter Cassidy Chairman scalable, allowing expansion to meet future primary industry needs of the Mr Jerry Ellis Non-executive Director region. Mr Leigh Hall AM Non-executive Director • CEIP product could be used directly in sintering and pelletising at Mr Julian Gosse Non-executive Director Chinese blast furnaces, marketed as substitute for Brazilian Fines, Mr Ian Hume Non-executive Director Pilbara Fines and Chinese domestic concentrates.