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Northern Limb Pig Iron Project
January 2014
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Company Snapshot
Corporate Summary
Shares in Issue 286.3million
52 Week Low 3.98p
52 Week High 19.85p
Current Share Price 11.56p
Market Capitalization £33.21 million
Major Shareholders No. of
Shares
%
Africa Asia Capital 39,746,893 13.92
Michinoko Limited 34 472 224 12.07
Weighbridge Trust
Limited 22 044 100 7.72
Directors and related
hldgs 21 168 169 7.41
Barclays Wealth 15 018 932 5.26
Artemis Fund Managers 10 907 408 3.82
143 357 725 50.2
Recent Announcements Date
Ironveld Plc Grant of Share
Options
08 Nov 13
Ironveld Plc Result of AGM 05 Nov13
Ironveld Plc AGM Statement 05 Nov 13
Ironveld Plc Director’s Dealings 29 Oct 13
Ironveld Plc Blocklisting
Application
18 Oct 13
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Ironveld Strategic approach
Drivers Bushveld Ti Magnetite cannot be exported as Direct Shipping Ore as it is:
Lower grade than haematite
Cannot be used directly in a blast furnace
Carries a titanium penalty which outweighs the vanadium bonus
In order to maximise value the ore must be processed on site to: Produce pig iron and
Vanadium by products
Reduce logistics requirements
Approach Technology
Pre heating not pre reduction
Reduces electrical power requirements
Uses cheaper coal readily available in South Africa
Value add South African drive to beneficiate not export ore – reduced royalty payments
Transport a lower volume much higher value products
Significant vanadium revenues
Off take potential is both local and offshore
Project Scale Matches infrastructure and utilities availability
12MW smelter proposed as project start
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Ironveld Pig Iron Project
Ironveld holds interests in prospecting rights in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex north of Mokopane, South Africa
Ironveld will develop a new pig iron plant with associated vanadium and titanium slag by products
Ironveld expects to mine its own magnetite resource at approximately 2.4 million tons magnetite per annum as feedstock for its Pig Iron Plant to produce 1,000,000 tons of Pig Iron per annum.
Total Project Mineral Resource of 32.05 million tons of Iron in situ
Excellent infrastructure of roads, rail and access to power and water
Pre Feasibility Study published June 2013.
12MW smelter recommended. Anticipated production of 46 000 tonnes of pig iron by mid 2015 with vanadium by products
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PFS Highlights
PFS demonstrates the viability of developing the Ironveld Pig Iron Project delivering one
million tons per annum of pig iron and 9,670 tons of Ferro Vanadium production from
2019
World class vanadium grades significantly enhance the overall Project economics
Post- tax project IRR of 28.8% and NPV (10%) of R 10,694 million (US$ 1,069 million)
with a capital payback of seven years
Estimated capex of R 9,375 million (US$ 938 million) for a 25 year LOM with operating
Cost of R 2,393/t pig iron and R 47/kg FeV
Study has been based on pig iron prices of U$ 450/ t and U$35/kg for FeV, yielding total
annual revenue of R 6,500 million at full production
Robust infrastructure surrounding the Project with delivery routes for water, rail and
power identified
Confirmation of viability to install an early stage 12MW smelter to produce an initial
46,000 tons of Pig iron and 445 tons of ferro vanadium per annum from 2015 some two
years ahead of the larger project
The 12MW smelter will provide significant near term revenue as well as deliver proof of
concept ahead of commissioning of four 75MW smelters required to achieve the longer
term one million ton production target
Cost of 12MW smelter estimated to be US$60 million. It is expected that this would be
financed principally through third party project finance
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Pig Iron fundamentals
Lower melting point than that of steel scrap.
Combined with a denser charge make-up result in lower energy requirements and faster melting time in steel manufacture
Two main types of Pig Iron Basic (used for steel making)
Foundry (used for grey iron –automotive industry)
Pig Iron prices carry a significant mark up in comparison to Iron Ore
Using Ti magnetite to make pig iron by products are produced as part of the iron making process. Ti slag and a vanadium slag. The
Vanadium can be processed to vanadium products
Currently doing work to commercialize Ti slag
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Introduction
ROM feed (massive) Mt/a ~2.10
Ore concentrate Mt/a 2.10
Key mineral processing plant parameters:
MML ore feed
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Introduction (cont).
ROM feed (MML + disseminated)
Mt/a ~2.50
Ore concentrate Mt/a 2.10
Key mineral processing plant parameters: MML +
disseminated feed
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Introduction (cont).
Ore concentrate Mt/a 2.10
Pig iron ingots Mt/a 1.00
Ferrovanadium kt/a 9.20
Key products from metallurgical
plant
Fe Carbon Silicon
97.3 2.5 0.1
Grade % V C Si P S Al Mn Fe
FeV 75-A 75 0.2 1 0.05 0.04 2 0.5 Balance
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Process flow sheet selection
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Removal of gangue minerals to upgrade the iron
oxide content to over 50% as Fe
Massive ore fraction (>40% Fe)
Disseminated ore fraction (<40% Fe)
Coarse crushing magnetic separation at >50 mm
Finer crushing, grinding and magnetic separation <
3mm
Dry LIMS (Low Intensity Magnetic Separation)
Concentrate particle size < 1 mm
Mineral Processing
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Feed compositions
Disseminated
Massive
Concentrate composition
Mineral Processing (cont).
Fe TiO2 Al2O3 CaO MgO SiO2 V2O5
50 15 5 1.5 1.6 5 1.16
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Massive
Disseminated
Photo-micrographs
Mineral Processing (cont).
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Massive
Disseminated
Photo-micrographs
Mineral Processing (cont)
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Massive
Disseminated
Photo-micrographs
Mineral Processing (cont)
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Permroll magnetic separation equipment
Mineral Processing
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Pre-heating vs. Pre-reduction
Benefits of Pre-heating vs Pre-reduction and considerations
Pre-treatment Benefit in electrical energy saving
Pre-heating 20%
Pre-reduction 40%
Pre-heating with Cogen up to 50%
Pre-treatment Coal requirement
Pre-heating normal thermal coal (abundant)
Pre-reduction highly reactive coal (scarce)
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Drying concentrate at 150 degrees C
Pre-heating concentrate to 1000 degrees C
Hot transfer to DC arc smelting furnace at 800
degrees C
Smelting at 1700 degrees C
Tapping of iron for transfer to refining stage
Tapping of titania slag prior to granulation and
storage
Pre-heating and Smelting
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Pre-heating furnaces
Smelting furnaces
Vanadium pig iron
Pre-heating and Smelting
Polysius Polcal 80 t/h
x 4
DC arc furnaces – SMS
Siemag (75 MW x 4)
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Hot transfer of molten iron into transfer ladles
Tapping cooling of titania slag
Refining of molten iron converter stage to remove
vanadium
Removal of vanadium oxide into slag from converter.
Further refining of iron and re-carburising to foundry
iron
Casting of foundry iron
Production of FeV (Ferrovanadium) from V2O5 flake
extracted from converter slag
Tapping, hot metal transfer, refining and casting
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Hot transfer of molten iron into transfer ladles 1.05 Mt/a
Refining of molten iron converter stage to remove
vanadium
Removal of vanadium oxide as converter slag ~9 kt V/a
(as V2O5).
Further refining of iron and re-carburising to foundry iron
1 Mt/a
Iron Production
Fe Carbon Silicon
97.3 2.5 0.1
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Conclusions
MML ore to concentrate requires minimal processing
MML + disseminated requires more extensive
processing
Pre-heating preferable to pre-reduction
Smelting of iron containing vanadium
Refining of iron and extraction of vanadium
Recovery of vanadium via converter slag to V2O5 flake
and FeV
All process stages have been used at industrial scale
Confirmation testwork on large pilot-scale planned mid
2013
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Next steps
Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Smelting Trial
12MW
Smelter design
DFS
Power supply engineering
Powerline construction
Water Supply
Offtake
Engineering and construction
Commision
4x75MW Smelter project
Power supply feasibilty study
Water Supply feasibilty study
Vanadium process and engineering design
DFS
Exploration
LUGE exploration
20142013 2015ACTIVITY
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Infrastructure and Logistics Power
Pre reduction and hot charging furnace reduces power requirements
Eskom have indicated supply For 12MW smelter by Q12015
For 75MW dependent on completion of Medupi Power Station now scheduled for late 2015
Water
Located close to Glen Alpine Dam; off take to be negotiated
Olifants/Steelpoort Rivers Joint Water forum planned Mokopane supply by 2015
Logistics
80kms of road to rail siding
Transport of higher value pig iron can be containerised allowing use of container facilities at Richards Bay which are being upgraded
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Metallurgical Test Work
Test work conducted on 414kg of material from MML & 283kg from
disseminated footwall magnetite
Excellent recovery rates of FE 92%, grading 53% FE and 3.1% SiO2
Indicates viability of mining main magnetite layer & 5M of disseminated
footwall magnetite
Positive impact on ore resource targets & life of mine
Trial smelt conducted at Mintek produced 70 tons of Pig Iron
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Main Magnetite Layer
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Resource Statement Mineral Resource estimations were undertaken on the MML down to a
vertical depth of 120 m, at a 20% Fe cut-off. The Mineral Resource has been separately calculated for the massive magnetite layers (MML) and for the MML including the disseminated Ti-magnetite mineralisation in the footwall (FW).
Farm Cut-off Million Density Fe Fe2O3 Fe Metal TiO2 V2O5 SiO2 P2O5 S
Name Fe% Tonnes g/cm3 % % millions % % % % %
Measured Mineral Resources
Altona* 20 2.18 4.55 51.7 73.9 1.13 16.3 1.15 2.9 0.01 0.08
Total Measured 20 2.18 4.55 51.7 73.9 1.13 16.3 1.15 2.9 0.01 0.08
Indicated Mineral Resources
Nonnenwerth* 20 22.64 4.20 45.2 64.7 10.24 13.8 1.06 8.5 0.01 0.16
La Pucella* 20 5.61 4.50 50.3 72.0 2.83 15.5 1.16 4.4 0.01 0.08
Altona* 20 7.48 4.54 51.4 73.6 3.85 15.9 1.15 3.2 0.01 0.08
HACRA* 20 12.12 4.31 48.1 68.8 5.83 14.5 1.14 6.0 0.01 0.05
Total Indicated 20 47.85 4.31 47.5 68.0 22.74 14.5 1.11 6.6 0.01 0.11
Inferred Mineral Resources
HACRA* 20 6.31 4.45 50.1 71.7 3.16 15.4 1.21 4.2 0.01 0.03
Total Inferred 20 6.31 4.45 50.1 71.7 3.16 15.4 1.21 4.2 0.01 0.03
Measured, Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources
Project Total 20 56.35 4.34 48.0 68.6 27.03 14.7 1.12 6.1 0.01 0.10
Farm Cut-off Million Density Fe Fe2O3 Fe Metal TiO2 V2O5 SiO2 P2O5 S
Name Fe% Tonnes g/cm3 % % millions % % % % %
Measured Mineral Resources
Altona* 20 4.36 3.86 36.3 52.0 1.58 9.7 0.72 19.2 0.01 0.10
Total Measured 20 4.36 3.86 36.3 52.0 1.58 9.7 0.72 19.2 0.01 0.10
Indicated Mineral Resources
Nonnenwerth* 20 32.32 3.89 37.9 54.2 12.24 10.6 0.84 16.6 0.01 0.14
La Pucella* 20 6.28 4.35 47.1 67.4 2.96 14.1 1.07 7.8 0.01 0.09
Altona* 20 12.58 3.97 39.0 55.8 4.90 10.7 0.80 16.4 0.01 0.09
HACRA* 20 18.37 3.92 38.9 55.7 7.15 10.7 0.85 15.6 0.01 0.13
Total Indicated 20 69.55 3.95 39.2 56.1 27.26 11.0 0.86 15.5 0.01 0.12
Inferred Mineral Resources
HACRA* 20 6.53 4.40 49.1 70.2 3.21 15.0 1.18 5.3 0.01 0.03
Total Inferred 20 6.53 4.40 49.1 70.2 3.21 15.0 1.18 5.3 0.01 0.03
Measured, Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources
Project Total 20 80.45 3.99 39.8 57.0 32.05 11.2 0.88 14.9 0.01 0.11
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Prospecting Rights Contractual Arrangements
Ironveld has contracted with Pan Palladium and Hacra to explore for Magnetite Ore for its own account
On completion of the exploration Ironveld will apply for mining rights in the name of Pan Palladium and Hacra with a simultaneous section 11 transfer of the mining rights to Ironveld.
Prospecting Right Status Hacra Mining Right application
submitted Pan Palladium Mining Right
application being prepared Luge Mining and Exploration
have a prospecting right for iron ore accepted but not yet granted