Company and Project Overview
Ferrum
Crescent Limited is an Australian company listed on the Australian
Securities Exchange (ASX) and the AIM market of the London
Stock Exchange.
The Company seeks to capitalise on the future demand for
iron and steel worldwide by producing iron products in the
Republic of South Africa, for both the domestic and the export
markets. Ferrum Crescent will maximise the beneficiation of
iron ore product locally in line with the objectives of the
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 2002 (South
Africa).
During the recent global rush for iron ore resources, South
Africa, a relatively under-developed market, has been largely
overlooked, prompting Ferrum to identify and pursue opportunities
in South Africa.
To that end, the Company has acquired a controlling interest
in a South African company that holds the rights to significant
iron ore deposits in South Africa. The Turquoise Moon Iron
Project consists of two separate iron ore (magnetite) occurrences,
the Moonlight Deposit and the De Loskop Prospect.
The Moonlight Deposit consists of coarse-grained magnetite-quartz
rocks that display the following features which set it apart
from comparable magnetite deposits:
- The ability to produce very high quality concentrates
at a coarse grind size;
- Exceptionally low level of detrimental elements in the
concentrates;
- Near surface mineralisation;
- Low stripping ratios.
The mineralisation is close to surface and consequently represents
a low stripping ratio target with consequential mining cost
benefits. The contained iron within the maiden Indicated Resource
is sufficient to exceed 20 years' production.
The Company also holds an interest in the De Loskop Prospect,
which is located approximately 150k east of Moonlight and
only 50k north of Polokwane, the regional service centre.
The prospect contains a huge iron exploration target at a
grade of between 30% Fe and 40% Fe. Being close to Polokwane,
the De Loskop prospect has good infrastructure nearby and
will be explored by the Company in greater detail in the near
future.
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