Saturday 5 January 2013

London Mining Investors


London Mining is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent with Wits Basin Precious Minerals, Inc. ("Wits Basin") which may result in London Mining becoming a 50/50 joint venture partner for Wits Basin's iron ore project in Ma Anshan in the People's Republic of China. The potential transaction remains subject to due diligence and finalization of definitive legal documents.

London Mining's priorities for 2012 are to understand where we are and where we want to be, by consulting our shareholders, employees, communities and other key stakeholders. To realise this goal we will review the main sustainable development trends in the mining sector and identify best industry practices.
London Mining's vision is to maximize value for all stakeholders and to become a top 10 supplier to the steel industry within the next five years. We will do this through partnerships that create an environment conducive to investment and ensure local economic, environmental and social conditions are improved through our operating presence.

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. 

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.

Thursday 3 January 2013

London Mining Operations


Sierra Leone
The Marampa mine is located 125km by road north-east of Freetown and 40km by dedicated haul road from tidewater at the Thofeyim river terminal.
The Marampa deposit was first discovered in 1926 and open pit production was commenced by the Sierra Leone Development Company (“Delco”) and William Baird between 1933 and 1975. By the 1960’s iron ore production had reached 2 Mtpa before low iron ore prices forced the mines closure. Continuing weak market economics and the civil war prevented redevelopment of the mine until the mining licence was acquired by London Mining in 2006.
London Mining secured an option to acquire the mining rights at the Marampa mine in December 2005. After securing funding, London Mining was able to exercise the option in January 2006 and in September 2006 the Marampa mining lease was assigned to LMC, a 100% subsidiary of London Mining. The Marampa mine recommenced production in December 2011.
London Mining is developing Marampa in stages. The current operation will be expanded to a capacity of 5Mtpa of high quality sinter concentrate in 2013 with the resource able to support a mine life of over 30 years at this rate.  A bankable feasibility study outlining an expansion to 9Mtpa was completed in Q4 2012.

Sunday 26 August 2012

London Mining Wits Basin, XNS Mine


Additional information 

The XNS mine is located approximately 44km southwest of Nanjing and 24km ESE of Maanshan, in the Anhui Province. The magnetite iron ore mineralisation occurs within a dioritic porphyry body, which has intruded into andesite and may be covered by tuffaceous breccia and tuff. The open pit mine currently mines approximately 1.2-1.5 million tpa of ore and a similar amount of waste, with mining and stripping costs estimated at 20-25Yuan RMB/t (USD 2.92-3.65/t). Resources have been estimated at 31.2million tonnes of magnetite ore averaging 23.64% Total Fe by No. 322 Geological Brigade to Chinese standards (not JORC) in March 2007.

Low grade ores and waste are crushed and magnetically concentrated on site at the preliminary concentrator, before being trucked with higher grade ores approximately 7km on a concrete paved road to the Sudan No.1 and No.2 concentration plants, located in the Jiangsu Province, where there is sufficient tailings capacity. The ore is then concentrated on a 3-3.5:1 basis to produce approximately 400,000tpa of 62-63% Fe product. The close proximity to local steel mills enables premium pricing due to the low transportation costs. In 2008, sales revenues peaked at USD 130/t and in early 2009 average around USD 85/t, with total operating costs averaging around USD 50-60/t of concentrates.