Anglesey Mining plc
7 June 2013 LSE:AYM
LIM - First iron ore shipment for 2013
Commissioning of Silver Yards Phase 3
Anglesey's 15% owned associate Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (LIM) has
made its first shipment of iron ore for 2013. The JK Pioneer, a Cape-size
vessel carrying 174,360 wet metric tonnes of LIM iron ore, has sailed from the
port of Sept-Îles, bound for China.
LIM's first shipment consisted of sinter fines largely comprised of stockpiled
material at the mine site and some port inventory, at a planned average grade
of about 58% iron ("Fe"). Subsequent shipments during 2013 will be sinter fines
and lump ore at a planned average grade of approximately 62% Fe. These
shipments will consist of iron ore from the James Mine, made up of a mixture of
higher grade dry screened ore and lower grade material that will be upgraded at
the Silver Yards wet processing plant. Total saleable iron ore production in
2013 is expected to be between 1.75 to 2.0 million tonnes.
In May 2013, LIM signed a new two-year iron ore sales agreement with the Iron
Ore Company of Canada ("IOC") for the sale of all of LIM's iron ore production
for the next two calendar years 2013 and 2014. IOC has entered into an iron ore
off-take agreement with RB Metalloyd Limited ("RBM") under which RBM has agreed
to buy LIM's iron ore from IOC on a FOB Sept-Îles basis. Under LIM's new sales
agreement, IOC will pay for the iron ore progressively, as the ore is resold,
with the price calculation based on the monthly average of the market index,
adjusted for product quality specification, premiums or penalties and after
ocean freight and IOC's price participation.
The Silver Yards wet processing plant has restarted for the 2013 year and
includes the Phase 3 upgrade and expansion which is now being commissioned. The
wet plant will ramp up to its design capacity by the end of June and will
operate in conjunction with the dry plant, which has been processing iron ore
since April.
John Kearney, Chairman and Chief Executive of Labrador Iron Mines, stated "We
are happy to report that LIM's first shipment of 2013 has sailed and that
production is ramping up largely on schedule, despite difficult weather
conditions that prevailed in the Schefferville area during April and May. Now
that the Silver Yards wet plant is operating, we expect to accelerate our
production, railing and shipping and look forward to a solid year of
operations."
LIM will be releasing its March 2013 fourth quarter and year-end results on
Thursday, June 27, 2013. Members of the senior management team will host a
conference call and webcast on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 11:00 am (Toronto
Time) to discuss the results. See LIM's website for further details.
About Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (LIM)
Labrador Iron Mines (LIM) is Canada's newest iron ore producer with a portfolio
of direct shipping (DSO) iron ore operations and projects located in the
prolific Labrador Trough. LIM has commenced its third year of operations and is
targeting 1.75 to 2.0 million tonnes of saleable iron ore production in 2013.
For further information, please visit LIM's website at www.labradorironmines.ca
About Anglesey Mining plc
Anglesey currently holds 19,289,100 shares in LIM which comprise 15.3% of LIM's
outstanding share capital. Toronto-listed Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited
is producing high grade hematite from its James pit, one of LIM's direct
shipping iron ore deposits in western Labrador and north-eastern Quebec.
Anglesey is also carrying out exploration and development work at its 100%
owned Parys Mountain zinc-copper-lead deposit in North Wales, UK where a JORC
Code-compliant resource of 2.1mt at 6.9% combined base metals in the indicated
category and 4.1mt at 5.0% combined in the inferred category was published in
November 2012.
For further information, please contact:
Bill Hooley, Chief Executive +44 (0)1492 541981;
Ian Cuthbertson, Finance Director +44 (0)1248 361333;
Samantha Harrison: RFC Ambrian +44 (0)20 3440 6800;
Emily Fenton / Jos Simson:
Tavistock Communications +44 (0)20 7920 3155