Sunday 13 January 2013

London Mining Announcements


London Mining ("London Mining" or the "Company") announces that China Global Mining Resources Limited ("CGMR"), a subsidiary of the China Global Mining Resources (BVI) Limited joint venture (“JV”) which is held 50:50 with Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc (Wits Basin”), has received a claim regarding the payment of the deferred consideration for the purchase of the Sudan processing plant.  The claim is to be determined through arbitration.  CGMR is in discussions with the sellers of the plant regarding this claim and a resolution (either by agreement of through arbitration) is expected in the next 6 months.  The Sellers have no legal or commercial recourse to London Mining or any subsidiary other than the CGMR JV with respect to this claim. 

London Mining is an expanding producer of high specification iron ore for the global steel industry and is focused on identifying, developing and operating sustainable mines. London Mining commenced sales from the Marampa mine in Sierra Leone in 2012 and expects to reach production capacity of 5Mtpa in 2013. A prefeasibility study was completed in 2011 which shows that Marampa has resources to support a staged expansion to over 16Mtpa. London Mining has also completed bankable feasibility studies outlining plans for a further 20Mtpa of iron ore production by developing two other mines in Greenland and Saudi Arabia. In addition London Mining is producing from a coke operation with coking coal resource potential in Colombia. The Company listed on London AIM on 6 November 2009. 

Flooding are the most common form of natural disaster in the UK and are now part and parcel of the British winter months; widespread flooding happens at least once a year in the UK. Earlier this year, torrents of rain hit the UK, with Cumbria the worst-affected area; heavy, prolonged rainfall caused bridges and road networks to collapse and four people lost their lives. In 2007, Yorkshire was hit hard by floods and some people  are  still  recovering  from  the destruction caused by the floods three years later; the floods killed six people and left hundreds of people homeless and thousands without electricity.

Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc. (OTC BB: WITM) is a minerals exploration and development company that holds an impressive property portfolio.Wits Basin owns the Bates-Hunter Gold Mine in Central City, Colorado. Discovery of gold at the Bates-Hunter Mine in 1859 kicked off the Colorado gold rush and established Denver as a major American cityWits Basin currently owns 35% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Kwagga Gold, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AfriOre International.Wits Basin's exceptionally strong management team includes professionals with over 150 combined years of business, mining and technical experience

 In 2007, Yorkshire was hit hard by floods and some people  are  still  recovering  from  the destruction caused by the floods three years later; the floods killed six people and left hundreds of people homeless and thousands without electricity.

Tuesday 23 October 2012

London Mining Ventures



London Mining is a UK-based company that is focused on identifying, developing and operating scaleable mines to become a mid-tier supplier to the global steel industry. The Company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in London. The Group’s principal assets have actual or anticipated production and the ability for further expansion through either upgrading resources or acquisition.

The Group currently has four principal projects in iron ore, which it is either developing or operating on its own or through joint ventures. The London Mining 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 below. 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. The Company also has a number of investments in other iron ore and coal development opportunities.

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.

In August 2008, the London Mining sold its Brazilian operations for a total consideration of USD810 million. USD68 million of the proceeds of the sale were used to redeem bonds issued by the Company to finance the acquisition of the Brazilian operations and a further GBP219 million was returned to shareholders. The balance after costs was retained by the Company for re-investment. As at 30 September 2009, the Company had consolidated Group cash of USD230 million (unaudited), which it has principally allocated for the development of its existing projects.

London Mining  PLC (LOND.L)



London Mining Plc is developing mines to supply the global steel industry. The Company has iron ore exploration and development projects located in Sierra Leone, Saudi Arabia, Greenland, China and Chile, and a coking coal project in Colombia read more...