By: Megan Wait
11th September 2012
JOHANNESBURG (Mining Weekly) – Junior iron-miner Bellzone Mining has received a 25-year mining licence for its Kalia project in Guinea, the Aim-listed company reported on Tuesday.
The Kalia iron project comprises the Kalia mining project (KMP) and the Kalia rail and port project (KRPP).
The mining licence, along with the ratified mining convention, completed the mine permitting for the KMP. The licence area also includes Bellzone's Faranah iron-ore permit area, thereby increasing the resource potential by adding about 6 km of known magnetite strike and surface oxide potential.
Further, a joint venture company (JV), Kalia Horizon Minerals, has been created between Bellzone and China International Fund Limited (CIF) to fund and develop the KRPP. Kalia Horizon Minerals is 90% owned by CIF and 10% owned by Bellzone.
The company’s flagship project is expected to produce iron-ore and concentrate at a rate of 50-million tons a year in 2018.
"Last week I visited our operations in Guinea and was very encouraged by the high standard of our management and operators. I am delighted that the granting of this mining licence provides the platform for Bellzone to progress its flagship assets on all fronts," CEO Glenn Baldwin said.
Edited by: Mariaan Webb
11th September 2012
JOHANNESBURG (Mining Weekly) – Junior iron-miner Bellzone Mining has received a 25-year mining licence for its Kalia project in Guinea, the Aim-listed company reported on Tuesday.
The Kalia iron project comprises the Kalia mining project (KMP) and the Kalia rail and port project (KRPP).
The mining licence, along with the ratified mining convention, completed the mine permitting for the KMP. The licence area also includes Bellzone's Faranah iron-ore permit area, thereby increasing the resource potential by adding about 6 km of known magnetite strike and surface oxide potential.
Further, a joint venture company (JV), Kalia Horizon Minerals, has been created between Bellzone and China International Fund Limited (CIF) to fund and develop the KRPP. Kalia Horizon Minerals is 90% owned by CIF and 10% owned by Bellzone.
The company’s flagship project is expected to produce iron-ore and concentrate at a rate of 50-million tons a year in 2018.
"Last week I visited our operations in Guinea and was very encouraged by the high standard of our management and operators. I am delighted that the granting of this mining licence provides the platform for Bellzone to progress its flagship assets on all fronts," CEO Glenn Baldwin said.
Edited by: Mariaan Webb
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