Proactive investorsLogo Proactive Investors UK Website

Search field
Additional information
Additional Information
Market: AIM, ASX
Sector: General Mining - Rare Earth Minerals
Epic: GIP
News: Latest news
Web Site: Gippsland
Other Articles: 17-04-200916-04-200923-03-2009

Gippsland

Gippsland focuses on world-scale projects which have been over-looked by major resource groups. Projects which have undergone detailed exploration and which have the potential to be brought into production quickly are a prime target for the Company. Gippsland's success in this area is due in part to the Company's philosophy of entering into equitable joint venture arrangements with overseas nationals. The Company's prime assets are the 40 million tonne Abu Dabbab and the 98 million tonne Nuweibi tantalum-tin projects located in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, adjacent to the western shore of the Red Sea.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL ANLAYSIS OF GIPPSLAND
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Gippsland Gets German Govt Credit Guarantee for Abu Dabbab Tantalum Project

company news image

Gippsland Ltd said it has received a credit guarantee from the German government for its 44.5 million tonne Abu Dabbab tantalum project in Egypt.

The company is currently in project finance negotiations with the German banks KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH and DEG - Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH.  Both are part of KfW Bankengruppe, which is 80 percent owned by the German federal government, and 20 percent by the country’s federal states.

Gippsland said in a statement the German Inter-ministerial Committee led by the Ministry of Economics and Technology has confirmed the eligibility of the Abu Dabbab Project for an Untied Term Loan.  

This facility provides German lenders insurance against commercial and political risk, which in turn enables German banks to offer project finance at a reduced interest rate. The German government provides Untied Term Loan guarantees for loans awarded by German lenders to debtors in emerging and developing countries.

Gippsland executive chairman Jack Telford said: “The eligibility of Abu Dabbab for this guarantee reflects the project's outstanding importance for the Federal Republic of Germany in securing a reliable long term supply of this vitally important strategic metal. “

Gippsland has completed a definitive feasibility study which determined that the Abu Dabbab Project will produce 650,000 pounds of tantalum pentoxide per annum plus 1,530 tonnes of tin metal over a likely mine life of 20 years.  

The company has an offtake agreement with German tantalum group HC Starck GmbH for the supply of 600,000 pounds of tantalum pentoxide per year for 10 years which accounts for 92 percent of the project's total tantalum production over this period. The tantalum pentoxide will be supplied in the form of a high purity synthetic concentrate or SynCon.

NewsNow icon AddThis Feed Button
Register here to be notified of future Gippsland articles.

Other Gippsland articles


Other Gippsland news

More news ►

Investors interested in Gippsland recently viewed


No investment advice

The Company is a publisher and is not registered with or authorised by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). You understand and agree that no content published on the Site constitutes a recommendation that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable or advisable for any specific person. You further understand that none of the information providers or their affiliates will advise you personally concerning the nature, potential, advisability, value or suitability of any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, investment strategy, or other matter.

You understand that the Site may contain opinions from time to time with regard to securities mentioned in other products, including company related products, and that those opinions may be different from those obtained by using another product related to the Company. You understand and agree that contributors may write about securities in which they or their firms have a position, and that they may trade such securities for their own account. In cases where the position is held at the time of publication and such position is known to the Company, appropriate disclosure is made. However, you understand and agree that at the time of any transaction that you make, one or more contributors may have a position in the securities written about. You understand that price and other data is supplied by sources believed to be reliable, that the calculations herein are made using such data, and that neither such data nor such calculations are guaranteed by these sources, the Company, the information providers or any other person or entity, and may not be complete or accurate.

From time to time, reference may be made in our marketing materials to prior articles and opinions we have published. These references may be selective, may reference only a portion of an article or recommendation, and are likely not to be current. As markets change continuously, previously published information and data may not be current and should not be relied upon.