Minemakers Limited: Sandpiper Phosphate Project Definitive Feasibility Study on Track for March 2012 Completion

Minemakers Limited (TSX:MAK)(ASX:MAK)(NAMIBIAN:MMS), as a shareholder of the
joint venture company Namibian Marine Phosphate (Pty) Limited ("NMP" or the
"Joint Venture"), is pleased to provide an update on progress with the
Definitive Feasibility Study ("DFS") and discussions pertaining to the potential
debt financing of the Sandpiper Marine Phosphate Project ("the Project" or
"Sandpiper") in Namibia.


NMP is an incorporated joint venture between Minemakers 42.5%, Australian listed
UCL Resources Limited (ASX:UCL) 42.5%, and Namibian registered Tungeni
Investments c.c. ("Tungeni") 15%, who are jointly working toward the development
of the Project.


DFS Status

The DFS is nearing completion and representatives of the Joint Venture met with
lead consultant Bateman Advanced Technologies Limited ("Bateman") in
Johannesburg during the week of 12 March 2012 to review progress on the study.


Bateman is now compiling the study report after completing the 4 principal work
programs, being:




Phase 1  - Laboratory test-work to confirm process parameters               
Phase 2  - Pilot test-work to produce a bulk concentrate for marketing and  
           design input                                                     
Phase 3  - Basic engineering for the process plant                          
Phase 4  - Front-end engineering design for the process plant               



The sub-consultants that have worked with Bateman to complete the DFS include:



--  Jan de Nul NV - Dredging 
--  Paterson & Cooke Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd - Pipeline and slurry
    handling systems 
--  Lithon Project Consultants (Pty) Ltd - Infrastructure, civils, ponds and
    logistics 
--  Enviro Dynamics - Environment including ongoing EIA and EMPR studies 



The final DFS report is on schedule for completion at the end of March 2012.
Following this, assuming the DFS outcome suggests the Project will be
economically viable, the Joint Venture will seek to finalise key items that
remain outstanding (including necessary government permits for land acquisition
and environmental approvals) for the Project to move into the financing and
development phase.


Debt Financing

The Joint Venture has commenced discussions with potential financiers in
relation to Sandpiper's debt funding requirements and has mandated Wimmer
Financial LLP as Financial Adviser on structuring the project debt requirements.


A number of meetings have already been held with prospective debt providers and
non-binding, preliminary and indicative term sheets have been received. To
ensure that the potential debt providers were fully appraised of the Project
status, a briefing session was held in Johannesburg on 15 March 2012, where
Project and debt-related matters were discussed in an open forum with the Joint
Venture representatives and consultants.


Product Marketing

Product marketing has been advanced with the appointment of CRU, which has been
commissioned to provide an independent 'Lenders' Market Report' covering:




--  The phosphate rock market (for merchant sales as a direct application
    fertilizer or as a feedstock for single super phosphate or phosphoric
    acid production, which themselves are intermediate products in the
    manufacture of nitrogen/phosphorus/potassium-enhanced fertilizers); 
--  An assessment on the marketability of Sandpiper's phosphate rock
    production; and 
--  The cost-competitiveness of the Sandpiper Project. 



CRU's report will form an integral part of the DFS and is expected to provide a
solid base from which the Joint Venture's marketing strategy will be developed.


Market opportunities for Sandpiper's "Namphos" phosphate concentrate product
have been indicated as:




--  Direct Application Phosphate Rock ("DAPR") - Recent tests by Bateman on
    concentrate characteristics demonstrate that the Namphos product is a
    highly reactive rock concentrate and is probably suitable for direct
    application in appropriate soil and climatic conditions; 
--  Single Super Phosphate ("SSP") - Bateman has completed laboratory bench
    test-work on the suitability of the rock concentrate to be used in SSP
    production, with positive results; and 
--  Rock Phosphate feed for Phosphoric Acid ("PA") - preliminary test-work
    has indicated the Namphos product may be used to produce PA. Further
    pilot test-work is being conducted to ascertain its characteristics for
    commercial production of PA. 



Ambassador Tonata Itenge-Emvula, the representative of Tungeni, the Namibian
joint venture partner in NMP, said: "We are very pleased with the pro-active
approach by the Joint Venture partners UCL, Minemakers and Tungeni to all
aspects of the DFS, and most recently the debt financing and marketing, which
has been led by UCL. The Project has advanced very quickly over the past 18
months as a direct result of the combined efforts of the Joint Venture team and
consultants and we are now well placed to move to the next stage in the
development of the world class Sandpiper Marine Phosphate Project."


The Joint Venture partners look forward to providing further updates on the
progress of the matters referred to above, as the Joint Venture advances towards
a final decision to develop the Project.


Andrew Drummond, Executive Chairman

The qualified person in relation to this press release is Andrew Drummond, who
is Executive Chairman of the Company and a Fellow of The Australian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
Mr Drummond has sufficient experience deemed relevant to the style of
mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which
he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004
Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves' and a 'Qualified Person' as defined in National
Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI43-101").
Mr Drummond consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his
information in the form and context in which it appears.


For further information regarding the Sandpiper Marine Phosphate Programme,
please refer to Minemakers' NI43-101 compliant technical report entitled
"Updated Estimation of Phosphate Resources for the Sandpiper Project in EPLs
3415 and 3323, Namibia", dated March 11, 2011 and available on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.


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