IMX to Test for Copper and Gold Mineralisation Under Cairn Hill Mine
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/21/13 -- IMX Resources Limited (TSX: IXR)(TSX: IXR.WT)(ASX: IXR) -
Highlights
-- Iron Oxide Copper Gold ('IOCG') mineralisation at the Cairn Hill mine is
open at depth, below resource and historical drilling.
-- Geological mapping and structural studies have identified optimal target
zones 250m beneath the mine floor.
-- Geophysical magnetic modelling supports thickening of the magnetic host
rock in target zones under Pit 1 and Pit 2.
-- Diamond drilling to commence in early April.
IMX Resources Limited ('IMX' or the 'Company') announces drilling to commence in early April 2013, targeting copper and gold mineralisation beneath its Cairn Hill mine.
Cairn Hill is mined primarily for iron, in the form of magnetite, however the copper and gold content of the magnetite accounts for approximately one third of the production value. The deposit is geologically classified as a magnetite IOCG and was formed at a similar time as the more famous hematite hosted copper-gold ore bodies at Olympic Dam and Prominent Hill.
At Cairn Hill, the best copper and gold grades occur where the magnetite rock is thickened by steeply plunging folds. Two diamond core drill holes (each to 550m drill depth) will drill test the two target zones below Pit 1 and below planned Pit 2. These two targets have been identified as having optimal conditions for the structural thickening after recent consultant structural mapping of Pit 1 and are supported by detailed magnetic modelling ('inversion').
A third hole will test a strong magnetic anomaly 1km west of the Cairn Hill mine along strike of the main copper-gold-magnetite lode. The anomaly is strong, despite being covered by over 250m of sediments and presents a large IOCG target and possible extension to Cairn Hill.
NEIL MEADOWS, Managing Director
Competent Persons / Qualified Person / NI 43-101 Statement
Information relating to exploration at Cairn Hill is based on data compiled by Mr Peter Hill who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, and who is a full-time employee of the Company. Mr Hill has sufficient relevant experience to qualify as a Competent Person under the 2004 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code) and as a Qualified Person for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101. Mr Hill approves and consents to the inclusion of the information in the form and context in which it appears.
About IMX
IMX is an Australian based mining and base and precious metals exploration company, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ASX/TSX Code: IXR; TSX:IXR.WT), with exploration projects located in Australia, Africa and North America.
In Africa, IMX owns and operates the highly prospective Nachingwea Exploration Project in south-eastern Tanzania, which includes the potentially word-class Ntaka Hill Nickel Sulphide Project, located approximately 250km west of the port town of Mtwara. Nachingwea is highly prospective for nickel and copper sulphide, gold and graphite mineralisation. The Ntaka Hill Nickel Sulphide Project is one of the world's best undeveloped nickel sulphide projects and has the potential to produce a very clean, high quality premium nickel concentrate.
In Australia, IMX operates and owns 51% of the Cairn Hill Mining Operation, located 55 kilometres south-east of Coober Pedy in South Australia, where it produces a premium coarse-grained magnetite-copper-gold DSO product at a rate of 1.8Mtpa.
IMX is actively developing the Mt Woods Magnetite Project on the highly prospective Mt Woods Inlier in South Australia. IMX currently has a JORC Inferred Resource of 569Mt @ 27.1% Fe at the Snaefell Magnetite Deposit and a Global Exploration Target of between 200-380Mt @ 25-35% Fe elsewhere in the project. Studies indicate that coarse grained concentrates that could be produced at Snaefell have the potential to produce a direct sinter feed product which has the potential to attract a significant price premium.
IMX has a joint venture with OZ Minerals Limited ('Oz Minerals'), the Mt Woods Copper-Gold JV Project, to explore the Mt Woods tenements for copper and gold. OZ Minerals is spending a minimum of $20M for a 51% interest in the non-iron rights, with IMX retaining a 49% interest in the non-iron rights and 100% of the iron ore rights.
IMX owns 25.65% of Uranex (ASX: UNX), which is a dedicated uranium exploration company, which is developing the Mkuju Uranium project in southern Tanzania.
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Contacts:
IMX Resources Limited
Neil Meadows
Managing Director
+61 8 9388 7877
nmeadows@imxres.com.au
Professional Public Relations
Tony Dawe
Investor Relations
+61 8 9388 0944
tony.dawe@ppr.com.au
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