IMX Resources Wins Advantage SA Far North Large Business Award
WEST PERTH, AUSTRALIA, Oct 30, 2012 (Menafn - MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --IMX Resources Limited (asx:IXR) has won aprestigious regional award, which celebrates and showcases businessesthat have made a significant contribution to regional SouthAustralia.
The award, The Westpac Large Business Award, is part of the AdvantageSA Regional Awards held each year.
IMX Resources Managing Director Neil Meadows said the awardrecognises the achievements made by IMX Resources through its miningand exploration activities in the far north of South Australia and inparticular to the Coober Pedy community, which is near the company'sCairn Hill mine.
"IMX Resources prides itself on actively making a difference to thecommunities in which we operate, through employment, localsponsorships and buying local goods and services," said Mr Meadows.
"Since mining operations commenced at Cairn Hill in early 2010, thecompany has directly injected around 4 million into the Coober Pedyeconomy, not including wages, which in turn has helped to supportnumerous local businesses and service providers within the town.
"We have worked hard to become a constructive part of Coober Pedy andI think the community recognises this."
Mr Meadows also said the award acknowledged the positive input miningmakes to not only regional South Australia, but to the whole state.
Mayor of Coober Pedy, Steve Baines, was delighted with the news.
"IMX Resources makes a great effort to minimise the negative impacton the town and maximise the positives. Some of the impacts mininghas on host communities are outside the control of companies but somearen't. IMX's local living allowance is an excellent incentive thatencourages their mine employees to remain in or relocate to the town.Also, taking over funding of the Breakfast Program at the schooldemonstrates IMX's desire to make a positive difference in thecommunity," said Mayor Baines.
The award recognises the success of large regional businesses andenterprises, with over ten-full-time employees, through the creationof new job opportunities and the many advantages of business beingconducted on a State and local level.
The Cairn Hill mining and export operation directly employsapproximately 180 South Australians (and around 25 from interstate)throughout the logistics chain. With the application of the miningmultiplier effect, the Cairn Hill project has generated around 720jobs in the State, which includes around 200 jobs in the Far Northregion.
Winners received a framed certificate signed by the Premier of SouthAustralia and an honorary regional membership to Advantage SA in2013.
Advantage SA will hold a Regional Awards State Finale at theInterContinental Adelaide on 30 November, where all category winnersfrom the seven regions will be celebrated.
About IMX Resources Limited
IMX Resources Limited is an Australian based mining and base &precious metal exploration company dual-listed on the Australian andToronto stock exchanges (asx:IXR), withexploration projects located in Australia, Africa and North America.
In Africa, IMX owns and operates the highly prospective NachingweaExploration Project in southeast Tanzania, which includes thepotentially word-class Ntaka Hill Nickel Sulphide project. Nachingweais highly prospective for nickel and copper sulphide, gold andgraphite mineralisation. The Ntaka Hill Nickel Sulphide Project isone of the world's best un-developed nickel sulphide projects and hasthe potential to produce a very clean, high quality premium nickelconcentrate.
In Australia, IMX operates and owns 51% of the Cairn Hill MiningOperation, located 55 kilometres south-east of Coober Pedy in SouthAustralia, where it produces a premium coarse-grainedmagnetite-copper-gold DSO product at a rate of 1.8Mtpa.
IMX is actively developing the Mt Woods Magnetite Project on thehighly prospective Mt Woods Inlier in South Australia. IMX currentlyhas a JORC Inferred Resource of 569Mt @ 27% Fe at the SnaefellMagnetite Deposit and a Global Exploration Target of between200-380Mt @ 25-35% Fe elsewhere in the project. Studies indicate thatcoarse grained concentrates that could be produced at Snaefell havethe potential to produce a direct sinter feed product which has thepotential to attract a significant price premium.
IMX has also entered into a joint venture with OZ Minerals (the MtWoods Copper-Gold JV Project) to explore the Mt Woods tenements forcopper 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 inthe non-iron rights and 100% of the iron ore rights.
IMX owns 25.65% of Uranex (asx:UNX), which is a dedicated uraniumexploration company, which is developing the Mkuju Uranium project insouthern Tanzania.
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