Objectives and strategy
London Mining’s objective is to
identify, develop and operate scaleable mines to become a mid-tier supplier to
the global steel industry. The Group’s principal assets have actual or
anticipated production and the ability for further expansion through either
upgrading resources or acquisition.
The Company is currently
undertaking resource definition programmes to ensure that all of these
principal projects will have JORC
standard resources in accordance with the timeframes set out in this document.
The Directors believe that the total iron ore concentrate production capacity
of the Group’s four principal projects (on a 100% basis) has the potential to
rise from 0.4Mtpa in 2009 to 14Mtpa in 2014 and to in excess of 20Mtpa in 2018:
• Sierra Leone – sinter feed :
1.5Mtpa in 2011 to in excess of 3Mtpa in 2013
• Saudi Arabia – DR pellets :
5Mtpa in 2013 to 10Mtpa in 2017
• Greenland – DR pellet feed :
5Mtpa in 2014 to 10Mtpa in 2018
• China – magnetite concentrate :
0.4Mtpa in 2009 to 1Mtpa in 2011
(Source: Company estimates)
The strategy of London Mining is
to focus its activities on deliverable iron ore projects, where the key features
are scaleable production, financing opportunities and a clear route to market.
The ability to accelerate projects through to efficient producing mines,
utilising its experienced technical and operating team, is an important part of
the Company’s strategy.
The Group’s principal projects
range from late stage exploration projects, through a brownfield site to an under-optimised
producing mine, all of which the Company intends to develop to be efficient
producing mines. All of the Group’s principal assets have an ore body and
logistics solution which allow for production to be initiated and/or expanded
in phases. The logistics solution primarily focuses on workable port locations
with available land and with the ability to load, either directly or via transhipment,
to ocean going vessels. The port locations are all within approximately 100km
of the proposed mine site for all of the existing principal projects with the
exception of China, where the product is largely sold at the mine gate, hence
transportation costs are low. Currently, London Mining’s target markets are the
MENA countries and China, and all of the principal assets are able to supply
one or both of these markets.
The Company has an experienced
management and technical team. The iron ore assets are managed by in country
project directors aided by a technical services team headed by the Company’s
Chief Operating Officer, Luciano Ramos and comprising seven people with
expertise in geology, metallurgy and mine engineering. The technical services
team is focused on delivering low-cost, fast track solutions to production. The
iron ore assets are overseen by the Company’s management team in London, which focuses
on head office functions including funding, off-take agreements and corporate
development opportunities
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