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Fenix Resources recently made a strong start to life as an iron ore producer while Fe Limited aims to begin shipping iron ore product in the current quarter.
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ASX:FEX
Fenix Resources is a fully integrated mining, logistics and port services business targeting to achieve an annual production rate of 4 million tonnes of iron ore during 2025 from its assets in the Mid-West region of Western Australia. High quality iron ore products are transported by road to Geraldton using the company’s 100% owned Road Logistics business.
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Fenix Resources recently made a strong start to life as an iron ore producer while Fe Limited aims to begin shipping iron ore product in the current quarter.
The company has appointed Scorpion Minerals to plan, manage and execute the early exploration phase at Pharos.
The company expects a surge in production and shipments in the coming quarters in line with the streamlining of steady output at the project along with a likely fall in capital expenditures.
The company suspended road haulage to its Geraldton port storage facility on Sunday, April 11, and this has now resumed with electricity supplies in Geraldton restored.
The company suspended road haulage to its Geraldton port storage facility on Sunday, April 11, and expects to resume haulage as soon as electricity supplies in Geraldton are available.
Completion of the ramp-up means that the iron ore miner will now be able to schedule two shipments per month of around 60,000 wet metric tonnes each.
The board has thanked outgoing non-executive chairman Garret Dixon for his support during the company's transition from explorer to iron ore exporter
The Western Australian high-grade iron ore producer’s maiden shipment has departed Geraldton Port on the Ya Tai 2 carrier.
Fenix is pursing all available opportunities to export its iron ore products to cover the likelihood that the Ya Tai 2 will not be able to complete loading as originally scheduled.
Fenix can earn 70% of the iron ore rights by sole funding exploration and resource definition drilling to identify up to 10 million tonnes.
The December quarter was busy. In addition to signing port access and service agreements with Mid West Ports Authority, operator of the Port of Geraldton, FEX also acquired existing port facilities at the port.
The WA-based minerals explorer is transitioning to miner with production underway and the first shipment expected to take place in late January or early February next year.
Binding agreements with Mid West Ports Authority secure a port allocation of 1.25 million tonnes per annum of iron ore to be exported utilising the Berth 5 shiploader.
The company’s 100%-owned flagship Iron Ridge Iron Ore Project is a premium DSO deposit which hosts a JORC resource and is around 490 kilometres by road from Geraldton port.
The company plans to commence the $360 million contract with Fenix Newhaul for the estimated six-year life-of-mine in December 2020.
Production is on track to start later this year and the first shipment from the premium direct shipping ore deposit is scheduled early next year.
Early-stage works have begun with open pit mining and crushing and screening operations due to commence in the current quarter.
The Iron Ridge project is on track to begin production later this year with first shipment and sales scheduled for early 2021.
Metallurgical test work including a determination of lump to fines ratio is well advanced with results expected in April 2019.
Drilling was designed to improve the confidence level of the mineral resource as well as test the strike and depth of the mineralisation.