Kingfisher Mining Limited ACN 629 675 216 PROSPECTUS

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Kingfisher Mining Limited ACN 629 675 216 PROSPECTUS Kingfisher Mining Limited ACN 629 675 216 PROSPECTUS For an initial public offer of up to 30,000,000 Shares at an issue price of $0.20 each to raise up to $6,000,000 (before costs). This Prospectus has been issued to provide information on the offer of a minimum of 22,500,000 Shares and a maximum of 30,000,000 Shares to be issued at a price of $0.20 per Share to raise a minimum of $4,500,000 and a maximum of$6,000,000 (before costs) (Public Offer). This Prospectus also incorporates the secondary offer of up to 4,000,000 Options to the Lead Manager (or its nominees) in consideration for lead manager services provided to the Company (Lead Manager Offer). The Public Offer and the Lead Manager Offer (together, the Offers) pursuant to this Prospectus are subject to a number of conditions precedent as outlined in Section 1.3 of this Prospectus. It is proposed that the Offers will close at 5.00pm (WST) on 4 December 2020. The Directors reserve the right to close the Offers earlier or to extend these dates without notice. Applications must be received before that time. This is an important document and requires your immediate attention. It should be read in its entirety. Please consult your professional adviser(s) if you have any questions about this document. Investment in the Securities offered pursuant to this Prospectus should be regarded as highly speculative in nature, and investors should be aware that they may lose some or all of their investment. Refer to Section 3 for a summary of the key risks associated with an investment in the Securities. Table of Contents Section Page No. Important Information .......................................................................... ii Corporate Directory ............................................................................ iv Letter from the Board ........................................................................... v Key Offer Details ................................................................................ vii Indicative Timetable ........................................................................... viii Investment Overview ........................................................................... ix 1. Details of the Offers ................................................................... 1 2. Company Overview .................................................................... 14 3. Risk Factors ............................................................................. 25 4. Financial Information ................................................................. 35 5. Board, Management and Corporate Governance ................................ 45 6. Material Contracts ..................................................................... 54 7. Additional information ............................................................... 58 8. Authorisation ........................................................................... 71 9. Glossary of Terms ..................................................................... 72 Schedule 1 – Investigating Accountant's Report ........................................... 76 Schedule 2 – Solicitor's Report ............................................................... 81 Schedule 3 – Independent Geologist's Report ............................................ 115 Page i Doc ID 779652893/v12 IMPORTANT INFORMATION Prospectus Prospective investors wishing to subscribe for Securities under the Offers should complete the relevant Application Form. If This Prospectus is dated, and was lodged with ASIC on, you do not provide the information required on the relevant 9 November 2020. Neither ASIC nor ASX (or their Application Form, the Company may not be able to accept or respective officers) take any responsibility for the process your Application. contents of this Prospectus or the merits of the investment to which this Prospectus relates. The expiry No document or information included on the Company's date of this Prospectus is 5.00pm WST on that date which website is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. is 13 months after the date this Prospectus was lodged with ASIC. No Securities will be issued on the basis of this Offer outside Australia Prospectus after that expiry date. No action has been taken to register or qualify the Securities Application will be made to ASX within 7 days of the date the subject of this Prospectus, or the Offers, or otherwise to of this Prospectus for Official Quotation of the Shares the permit the offering of the Securities, in any jurisdiction subject of the Offers. outside Australia. The distribution of this Prospectus in jurisdictions outside of Australia may be restricted by law and No person is authorised to give any information or to make persons who come into possession of this Prospectus outside any representation in connection with the Offers, other of Australia should seek advice on and observe any such than as is contained in this Prospectus. Any information or restrictions. Any failure to comply with such restrictions may representation not contained in this Prospectus should not constitute a violation of applicable securities laws. This be relied on as having been made or authorised by the Prospectus does not constitute an offer of Securities in any Company or the Directors in connection with the Offers. jurisdiction where, or to any person to whom, it would be unlawful to issue this Prospectus. It is important that you read this Prospectus in its entirety and seek professional advice where necessary. The Speculative Investment Securities the subject of this Prospectus should be considered highly speculative. The Securities offered pursuant to this Prospectus should be considered highly speculative. There is no guarantee that the Exposure Period Securities offered pursuant to this Prospectus will make a return on the capital invested, that dividends will be paid on This Prospectus will be circulated during the Exposure the Shares or that there will be an increase in the value of Period. The purpose of the Exposure Period is to enable the Securities in the future. this Prospectus to be examined by market participants prior to the raising of funds. You should be aware that this Prospective investors should carefully consider whether the examination may result in the identification of Securities offered pursuant to this Prospectus are an deficiencies in this Prospectus. In such circumstances, any appropriate investment for them in light of their personal Application that has been received may need to be dealt circumstances, including their financial and taxation position. with in accordance with section 724 of the Corporations Refer to Section 3 for details relating to the key risks Act. Applications under this Prospectus will not be applicable to an investment in the Securities. processed by the Company until after the Exposure Period. No preference will be conferred upon Applications Using this Prospectus received during the Exposure Period. Persons wishing to subscribe for Securities offered by this Conditional Offer Prospectus should read this Prospectus in its entirety in order to make an informed assessment of the assets and liabilities, The Offers contained in this Prospectus are conditional on financial position and performance, profits and losses, and certain events occurring. If these events do not occur, the prospects of the Company and the rights and liabilities Offers will not proceed and investors will be refunded attaching to the Securities offered pursuant to this their Application Monies without interest. Please refer to Prospectus. If persons considering subscribing for Securities Section 1.3 for further details on the condition attaching offered pursuant to this Prospectus have any questions, they to the Offers. should consult their stockbroker, solicitor, accountant or other professional adviser for advice. Electronic Prospectus and Application Form Forward-Looking Statements This Prospectus will generally be made available in electronic form by being posted on the Company's website This Prospectus contains forward-looking statements which at www.kingfishermining.com.au. Persons having are identified by words such as "believes", "estimates", received a copy of this Prospectus in its electronic form "expects", "targets", "intends", "may", "will", "would", "could", may obtain an additional paper copy of this Prospectus or "should" and other similar words that involve risks and and the relevant Application Form (free of charge) from uncertainties. the Company's registered office by contacting the Company as detailed in the Corporate Directory. The These statements are based on an assessment of present Offers constituted by this Prospectus in electronic form is economic and operating conditions, and on a number of only available to persons receiving an electronic version assumptions regarding future events and actions that, as at of this Prospectus and the relevant Application Form the date of this Prospectus, are considered reasonable. within Australia. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future Applications will only be accepted on the relevant performance and involve known and unknown risks, Application Form attached to, or accompanying, this uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many Prospectus. The Corporations Act prohibits any person of which are beyond the control of the Company, the from passing on to another person any Application Form Directors of the Company. Key risk factors associated with an unless
Recommended publications
  • 49422 DO PROSPECT SEPT.Indd
    WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE September–November 2004 $3 (inc GST) Nickel Kambalda reborn Discoveries: The search takes off Kwinana’s golden anniversary DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND RESOURCES Investment Services 168 St Georges Terrace PERTH Western Australia 6000 Postal address: Box 7606 • Cloisters Square Perth Western Australia 6850 FROM THE MINISTER Tel: +61 8 9327 5555 • Fax: +61 8 9222 3862 Email: [email protected] www.doir.wa.gov.au New hi-tech airborne geological survey INTERNATIONAL OFFICES Europe European Offi ce • 5th fl oor, Australia Centre he Western Australian Government’s However, while Corner of Strand and Melbourne Place A$12million hi-tech airborne our resources sector LONDON WC2B 4LG • UNITED KINGDOM geological survey program will is vital to our State’s Tel: +44 20 7240 2881 • Fax: +44 20 7240 6637 T Email: [email protected] potentially unlock billions of dollars in economy, nothing is Clive Brown, MLA Minister for State India — Mumbai natural resources and create new jobs more important than Development Western Australian Trade Offi ce and opportunities for current and future ensuring workers return 93 Jolly Maker Chambers No 2 9th fl oor, Nariman Point • MUMBAI 400 021 INDIA generations of Western Australians. home safely. Tel: +91 22 5630 3979/74/78 • Fax: +91 22 5630 3977 The new four-year program is designed Western Australia’s resources sector has Email: [email protected] to double the area of the State covered by a strong and enviable record in protecting India — Chennai Western Australian Trade Offi ce - Advisory Offi ce base-line airborne geophysical data that the health and safety of its workers and the 1 Doshi Regency • 876 Poonamallee High Road provides an image of the rocks beneath number one priority of the industry is to Kilpauk • Chennai 600 084 • INDIA soil and sand cover.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report 1982/83 the AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM TRUST
    australian Annual Report 1982/83 THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM TRUST ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1983 The Australian Museum President J . T. Baker, OBE. MSc, PhD, FRACI Deputy President K. H. Cousins. CMG Director D. J . G. Griffin, MSc, PhD Director Emeritus J . W. Evans, MA, SeD, DSc 6 College Street, Sydney NSW 2000 The Trust and staff of the Australian Museum have pleasure in thanking the following organisations and individuals who provided financial assistance through research grants or donations during the year. Benefactors Donors Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd Australian Bureau of Flora and Fauna Bernard van Leer Foundation Australia Council - Aboriginal Arts Board William IBowmore, Newcastle, NSW Marine Sciences and Technologies Council Mr Peter Bridge, Carlisle, WA Australian Research Grants Scheme The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Bushel! Trust John Fairfax and Sons Ltd Caltex Oil (Australia) Ltd State Rail Authority of New South Wales Mr W. 0 . Cudlipp and Mrs P. Cudlipp, Sydney Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service Dick Smith Electronics Ply Ltd State Pollution Control Commission James N. Kirby Foundation James Cook University of North Queensland Mr Henry Loomis Smithsonian Institution Mrs Jean McK. Moriarty Uzard Island Reef Research Foundation Sir John Proud Comalco Ltd The State Bank of New South Wales Queensland Electricity Generating Board Suntory Ltd/Japan Foundation Roadshow Distributors Pty Ltd Unilever Australia Ltd Or Telford Conlon Mr C. H. Warman, Sydney The Australian Museum Society Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd The Sydney City Council Commonwealth Banking Corporation of Australia Utah Foundation Esso Australia Ltd AN I X I LN::> IU N I O H :::.I'LC\1\\ Sponsorship of the Wandervan a d f J e t984 The Wandervan visited 143 cen~e~ ~~.cure rom the Council of the City of Sydney for the period of June 1982 to un heque 10 Museum Director Des Gr'H' L k' •s y:ar.
    [Show full text]
  • Notice of Meeting for Approval of the Proposed Transaction with BBIG
    30 January 2020 ASX ANNOUNCEMENT Notice of Meeting for approval of the Proposed Transaction with BBIG Flinders Mines Limited (ASX:FMS) (Flinders) is pleased to announce the release of the attached notice of meeting, including an explanatory memorandum and independent expert's report (Notice of Meeting) in respect of an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to consider the proposed transaction with BBI Group Pty Ltd (BBIG) to form an incorporated joint venture for the development of Flinders' Pilbara Iron Ore Project (PIOP), as announced on 28 November 2019 (Proposed Transaction). The Proposed Transaction represents the outcome of extensive commercial negotiations conducted by the Company’s independent PIOP Infrastructure Committee with BBIG to provide an infrastructure solution, facilitate the development of the PIOP and provide a pathway to market. Vote in favour of the Proposed Transaction The Independent Flinders Directors (Neil Warburton, The Hon. Cheryl Edwardes AM and James Gurry) unanimously recommend that Flinders shareholders vote in favour of the Proposed Transaction in the absence of a superior proposal. The Independent Flinders Directors appointed Grant Samuel as independent expert to consider and provide an opinion on the Proposed Transaction. The independent expert has concluded that the Proposed Transaction is fair and reasonable to non-associated Flinders shareholders, i.e. those shareholders other than TIO (NZ) Pty Ltd (TIO), Flinders’ largest shareholder and also a shareholder of BBIG. TIO will also be excluded from voting in favour of the Proposed Transaction. Ms Edwardes, Deputy Chair and Chair of Flinders’ PIOP Infrastructure Committee, said: “I am very pleased with the outcome of the negotiations with BBIG.
    [Show full text]
  • WHIM CREEK Cu-Zn-Pb DEPOSIT, PILBARA, WA P
    WHIM CREEK Cu-Zn-Pb DEPOSIT, PILBARA, WA P. Collins1, B. Hooper2, and M. Cornelius3 1Dept of Applied Geology, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, WA 6845 2Straits Resources Ltd, P.O. Box 1641, West Perth, 6872 Western Australia 3CRC LEME, c/- CSIRO Exploration and Mining, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102 LOCATION that are generally 50-60 m above sea level and attain a maximum of about 80 m. This low range is on the S edge of a vast plain that extends The Whim Creek deposit is about 120 km E of Karratha and 1 km across granitic terrain to the coast. The plain reaches a maximum SW of the Whim Creek Hotel at 20°50'50"S, 117°49'40"E; Roebourne elevation of 25-30 m above sea level, where it laps onto the range. 1:250 000 sheet (SF 50-3). The climate is semi-arid with average daily maximum temperatures of DISCOVERY HISTORY 26-40°C and an average annual rainfall of about 300 mm. Most rainfall is in summer from thunderstorms and cyclones. There are about 25 rain Oxidized copper mineralization has been mined at Whim Creek since days per year, so the regolith above the water table is dry for most of the 1889. Although there is contamination from early mining, there have year. Whim Creek has a mean annual evapotranspiration of about 350 been several soil and stream sediment geochemical surveys since mm and a potential evapotranspiration of about 1700 mm, so vegetation 1965, to identify its geochemical signature and to test for geochemical is sparse and restricted to drought resistant grasses and shrubs.
    [Show full text]
  • Venturex Delivers Further Growth in Copper-Zinc Resources & Reserves
    ASX Announcement Venturex Delivers Further Growth in ASX Code: VXR Released: 30 September 2010 Copper-Zinc Resources & Reserves Combined open pit resources increased to 5.97Mt @ 1.64% Cu Eq as Scoping Study nears completion For further details Key Points: Dr Tim Sugden Managing Director • Updated Mineral Resource and Reserve generated for Whim T: +61 8 6389 7400 M: +61 407 085 032 Creek deposit – a 54% increase in contained copper metal [email protected] (equivalent) over the previous estimate • Total JORC Mineral Resources at Mons Cupri and Whim 1 Creek Deposits increased to 5.97Mt @ 1.64% Cu Eq • Combined Open Pit Ore Reserves increase to 3.47Mt @ 2.2% Cu Eq • Scoping Study nearing completion with Mons Cupri and Whim Creek open pit operations expected to underpin first five years of production Board • Further Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve revisions imminent Tony Kiernan for nearby Salt Creek and Evelyn deposits Chairman • Drilling commencing shortly targeting extensions of sulphide Tim Sugden zones at Mons Cupri Northwest Managing Director Michael Mulroney Venturex Resources Limited (ASX: VXR) is pleased to report Non-Executive Director further increases to its inventory of copper-zinc Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves at its 100%-owned Pilbara VMS2 Project in Allan Trench Western Australia ahead of a key Scoping Study expected next Non-Executive Director Quarter. Anthony Reilly Executive Director The updated Whim Creek Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve was re-estimated in accordance with the JORC Code 2004, Liza Carpene following successful recent RC drilling programs. Company Secretary Whim Creek, one of four VMS deposits in the Project area, is located 3 km from a proposed central processing facility to be developed as the foundation for a long-term copper-zinc operation with a targeted capacity of at least 600,000tpa.
    [Show full text]
  • 1202A Venturex Annual Report 2011 ORIG
    2011 Annual Report CORPORATE DIRECTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS Chairman’s Report ....................................................................................................................... 1 Highlights ................................................................................................................................... 2 Review of Operations .................................................................................................................. 3 Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves Tabulation .......................................................................... 14 Schedule of Tenement Interests .................................................................................................... 17 Corporate Governance Statement ...............................................................................................18 Directors’ Report ....................................................................................................................... 21 Auditor’s Independence Declaration ............................................................................................ 29 Statement of Comprehensive Income for the Year Ended 30 June 2011 ......................................... 30 Statement of Financial Position as at 30 June 2011 ......................................................................31 Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 30 June 2011 ........................................................... 32 Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 30 June 2011 .................................................33
    [Show full text]
  • Settlement of Whim Creek Acquisition Released: 1 February 2010
    ASX Announcement Code: VXR 1 February 2010 Acquisition of Straits (Whim Creek) Pty Limited Settled Leading Resources Investor, Macquarie Bank Limited Offers Conditional $3 million Convertible Loan Facility 5,000 metre Drill Program to Commence in March 2010 Production Agreement Executed over Copper Oxide Resources at Whim Creek SETTLEMENT OF STRAITS (WHIM CREEK) PTY LIMITED ACQUISITION Venturex Resources Limited (Venturex) has now settled on the acquisition of all the issued capital of Straits (Whim Creek) Pty Limited (SWC), the beneficial owner of the Whim Creek Copper Mine and all associated mining leases and exploration tenements including copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold Volcanogenic Massive For further details: Sulphide (VMS) resources at Whim Creek, Mons Cupri and Salt Creek. Other assets Dr Tim Sugden include the Whim Creek Hotel, an accommodation village, crushing circuit and Managing Director T: +61 8 6389 7403 various mining infrastructure. M: +61 407 085 032 E: [email protected] The first tranche of the consideration, 106,700,000 fully paid ordinary Venturex shares at a deemed value of 7.5 cents per share, will be issued to Straits Resources Limited today. The second and final tranche of fully paid ordinary shares to an equivalent value of $3 million based on a 30 day VWAP will be issued within 60 days Board of Venturex announcing its Decision to Mine. Alternatively, if Shareholder approval Allan Trench is required to the issue of the second tranche of shares and not given, Venturex will Non-Executive Chairman pay to Straits an amount of $3.5 million cash within five business days of the Tim Sugden General Meeting.
    [Show full text]
  • Aboriginal Cemetery Roebourne
    SHIRE OF ROEBOURNE LGHI PLACE RECORD FORM Place No. 71 Whim Creek _______________________________________________________________________ The Whim Creek Pub, 2012 LOCATION Name of Place Whim Creek Other Name (1) Whim Creek Mine Site (13076) Other Name (2) Whim Creek Hotel Location/Address Street Number Lot 58 Street Name Campbell Road, off North West Coastal Highway Suburb/Town West Pilbara Other Locational descriptor (text) 586973 mE, 7695279 mN (MGA94 Zone 50) Longitutde: 117.8359 Latitude: -20.8405 OWNERSHIP & LAND DESCRIPTION Item Owner Address Phone/fax Status No. Venturex Pilbara Ltd PO Box 585 West Perth 6005 6389 7400 Item Reserve No. Lot/Location No. Plan/Diagram Vol/Folio No. 58 189 890 1972/692 LISTING AND ASSESSMENT HCWA Reference Number 13076 State Register of Heritage Places:(Y/N) No Classified by the National Trust (Y/N) No Register of the National Estate (Y/N) No Local Town Planning Scheme (Y/N) Yes Management Category B DESCRIPTION Construction Date (1) 1890s Construction Date (2) Site Type (Place Type) Historic Town or District Use(s) of Place SHIRE OF ROEBOURNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERITAGE INVENTORY 370 SHIRE OF ROEBOURNE LGHI PLACE RECORD FORM Original COMMERCIAL: Hotel MINING: Mining Battery Present COMMERCIAL: Hotel VACANT/UNUSED: Vacant/Unused Other Construction Materials: Walls 9. STONE Roof 6. METAL 606 Corrugated iron Other 6. METAL 606 Corrugated iron Condition Good Integrity (how much of the original fabric Little is intact?): Physical Description Whim Creek comprises the former Whim Creek Mine Site, the Whim Creek Hotel and Whim Creek Cemetery. The Cemetery is located on the northern side of highway on the track into Balla Balla landing.
    [Show full text]
  • General Index
    GENERAL INDEX General Index The following abbreviations appear after page numbers. m A map of the locality or a map on which the locality In the case of special issues, the letter precedes the page ( ) Reported from this locality; no further information appears number. b Book review n Brief descriptive note, as in “What’s New in T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) c Crystal morphology information Minerals?” M Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) d Crystal drawing p Photograph or other illustration Y Yukon Phosphates (vol. 23, no. 4) ff Continues on following non-consecutive pages, or q Quantitative data (x-ray data, chemical analysis, G Greenland (vol. 24, no. 2) referenced frequently throughout lengthy article physical properties, etc.) H History of Mineral Collecting (vol. 25, no. 6) g Geologic information s Specimen locality attribution only; no information h Historical information about the locality itself ABELSONITE Santo Domingo mine, Batopilas district, af- Austria United States ter argentite cubes 17:75p, 17:78 Knappenwand, Salzburg 17:177p; “byssolite,” Utah Guanajuato in apatite 17:108p Uintah County (crystalline) 8:379p Reyes mine: 25:58n; after argentite 7:187, Brazil 7: 18: ABERNATHYITE 188p; after cubic argentite 433n; ar- Bahia borescent, on polybasite 18:366–367n; Brumado district (crystals to 25 cm; some Vs. chernikovite (formerly hydrogen autunite) crystals to 2.5 cm 14:386; 7 cm crystal curved) 9:204–205p 19:251q 17:341n Canada France Namibia British Columbia Lodéve, Herault 18:365n Tsumeb (disseminated) 8:T18n Ice River complex (tremolite-actinolite, green ACANTHITE Norway fibrous) 12:224 Australia Kongsberg (after argentite; some after silver Québec Queensland wires, crystals) 17:33c B.C.
    [Show full text]
  • Q2 Activities Report Macquarie Securities
    STRAITS ASIA RESOURCES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on June 10, 1995) (Company Registration Number: 199504024R) ANNOUNCEMENT BY STRAITS RESOURCES LIMITED ON THE AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE Q2 Activities Report The attached announcement was released to the Australian Stock Exchange today by Straits Resources Limited (ASX: SRL). Straits Resources Limited has a 60.4% shareholding in Straits Asia Resources Limited. The release contains information relating to the activities of Straits Asia Resources Limited. James Carter Company Secretary 25 July 2007 Macquarie Securities (Singapore) Pte Limited is the Sole Global Coordinator, Bookrunner and Underwriter for, and Macquarie Securities (Asia) Pte Limited is the Issue Manager for, the Initial Public Offering of the Company. This announcement has been prepared and released by the Company. QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 JUNE 2007 SUMMARY Tritton Stage 1 expansion to approximately 35,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate in 2008 is underway with work commenced to increase processing plant from 850 ktpa to 1.4 Mtpa; and development of new decline at Larsens commencing in September 2007 quarter. Very encouraging drill results at Murrawombie may lead to acceleration of development for Tritton Stage 2 expansion. Tritton production of 4,480 tonnes of copper in concentrate during the quarter, down 7% on the previous quarter. Resource definition drilling is well progressed in respect of the Whim Creek sulphide development, and remains on track for December quarter decision. Whim Creek Copper mine production 3,794 tonnes of copper cathode in the quarter and 7,829 tonnes for the half year ended June 2007, up 5% on the previous corresponding period.
    [Show full text]
  • Pilbara Vms Copper Project Robust and Profitable
    ASX Announcement PILBARA VMS COPPER PROJECT ROBUST ASX Code: VXR Released: 26 November 2010 AND PROFITABLE: SCOPING STUDY VENTUREX POISED TO COMMENCE FEASIBILITY STUDY ON NEW PILBARA COPPER MINE For further details Highlights: Dr Tim Sugden Managing Director 1 Initial mining inventory of 4.5 million tonnes @ 2.7% Cu Eq T: +61 8 6389 7400 Initial mine life 9 years M: +61 407 085 032 [email protected] Annual milling capacity 600,000tpa Annual production up to 13,000t Cu Eq Base case financials: 2 C1 cost US$0.45/lb Cu Annual operating cash flow3 $40 million Life of Mine EBIT $282 million Board Net Present Value4 $101 million Internal rate of return 28% Tony Kiernan Chairman Timeline to production mid-2012 Total pre-production capital estimated at $95.8 million Tim Sugden Managing Director Venturex Resources Limited (ASX: VXR) is pleased to report positive results from an independent Scoping Study completed Michael Mulroney Non-Executive Director on its 100%-owned Pilbara Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) Copper Project in Western Australia. Allan Trench Non-Executive Director The study, which was undertaken by Snowden Mining Industry Consultants, has confirmed positive economics for the potential Anthony Reilly development of a centrally located copper-zinc-lead (silver- Executive Director gold) production facility centred on the existing Whim Creek Liza Carpene mine site sourcing ore from multiple deposits. Company Secretary Average annual metal production is forecast at 7,800 tonnes of copper, 13,900 tonnes of zinc and 4,200 tonnes lead, significant gold and silver credits. Estimated C1 cash operating costs are $0.50 cents/lb copper Contact Details after by product credits confirming the proposed Pilbara VMS Copper Project as a low cost metal producer.
    [Show full text]
  • Statistics Digest 2013-14
    Government of Western Australia Department of Mines and Petroleum WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL AND PETROLEUM STATISTICS DIGEST 2013 –14 Disclaimer Information provided in this Digest is made available without charge, as a public service, in good faith. The information provided is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of publication. However, use of the information in the Digest is at your own risk. The Digest is provided solely on the basis that users will be responsible for making their own assessment of the information provided therein and users are advised to verify all representations, statements and information for decisions that concern the conduct of business that involves monetary or operational consequences. Each user waives and releases the Department of Mines and Petroleum and the State of Western Australia and its servants to the full extent permitted by law from all and any claims relating to the use of the material in the Digest. In no event shall the Department of Mines and Petroleum or the State of Western Australia be liable for any incidental or consequential damages arising from any use or reliance on any material in this Digest. Copyright © 2014 Copyright in this document is reserved to the State of Western Australia. Reproduction except in accordance with copyright law is prohibited. Cover photo credits: Rio Tinto Iron Ore *RYHUQPHQWRI:HVWHUQ$XVWUDOLD 'HSDUWPHQWRI0LQHVDQG3HWUROHXP *RYHUQPHQWRI:HVWHUQ$XVWUDOLD 'HSDUWPHQWRI0LQHVDQG3HWUROHXP (QYLURQPHQW CONTENTS FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]