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Bidaminna Project

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 Location:
100 Km N from Perth, Western Australia, Australia

  Project Contacts:
Level 2, 7 Ventnor Avenue PO Box 469, 6872
West Perth
Western Australia, Australia
6005
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Overview

StagePermitting
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Zircon
  • Rutile
  • Monazite
Mining Method
  • Dredging
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life10.5 years (as of Jan 1, 2023)
The Bidaminna is a standalone dredge mining operation.

Based on the positive PFS results, Image is commencing a Definitive Feasibility Study which will include a mineral separation plant (MSP). The MSP will likely be located at the existing Boonanarring WCP operation to take advantage of existing infrastructure.

Image has commenced work on growth researching the production of synthetic rutile (SR) using a fluidized bed reactor (FBR) and hydrogen as the iron reductant. Initial bench-scale testing is advancing well with results demonstrating that the ilmenite from Bidaminna can be readily and rapidly converted to SR with low impurities.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Image Resources NL 100 % Indirect
The Bidaminna mineral sands project is 100%-owned Image Resources.

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Deposit Type

  • Mineral sands
  • Sedimentary


Summary:

Bidaminna is hosted in the Perth Basin, in the Guildford and Yoganup Formations on the eastern margin of the Swan Coastal Plain.

The Yoganup Formation is a buried pro-graded shoreline deposit, with dunes, beach ridge and deltaic facies. This formation lies unconformably over the Lower Cretaceous Leederville Formation and is overlain by the Pleistocene Guildford Formation and Bassendean Sand.

The Yoganup Formation consists of unconsolidated poorly sorted sands and gravels, with local interstitial clay and heavy minerals that occur sporadically along the Gingin Scarp, which is interpreted to be an ancient shoreline that was stable during a period of marine regression.

The overlying Guildford Formation consists of silty and slightly sandy clay and commonly contains lenses of fine- to coarse-grained, very poorly sorted, conglomeratic and (in places) shelly sand at its base.

Two mineralised strandlines have been interpreted using a nominal cutoff grade of 1% total HM. Lower grade mineralisation is present within the sediments of the lower horizon of the Guildford Formation and within the Yoganup Formation.

Dimensions
Two mineralised strandlines have been interpreted within the resource area that have a strike length of 6.7 km. The historical Geopeko drilling indicates that the strandline mineralisation may extend to the north for an additional 2.8 km.

The upper strandline mineralisation, towards the base of the ........


Mining Methods

  • Dredging
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The Bidaminna Project Pre-Feasibility Study (“PFS”) proposes a dredge mining operation, as the deposit is located below the water table. However, for removal of overburden located above the water table (at approximately 54.5 mRL), the PFS proposes the conventional ‘dry mining’ method utilising a small fleet of scrapers, trucks, and excavators.

Within the top 15-25 metres of the dredging material, those materials designated as overburden or waste material are proposed to be mined with a Beaver cutter suction dredge (“Overburden Dredge”) with a 25- metre reach. The ore and mineralised waste below the overburden are proposed to be mined by a jet suction dredge (“Ore Dredge”) with capability to mine down to 60+ metres from the surface of the water.

Dredge operations and WCP processing are proposed to be undertaken in-house by Image employees. The dry mining is proposed to be performed by a mining contractor under a fixed and variable schedule of rates contract. Clearing and grubbing of vegetation is completed before dry overburden removal, which is followed by overburden removal by the Overburden Dredge to expose scheduled mining blocks.

Ore mining is planned to average 11.78 Mtpa with mining rates for the dredging operation averaging 1,582 tph.

During the pit optimisation study, all material below the reach of the Overburden Dredge was assumed to be mined by the Ore Dredge and processed through the WCP regardless of its classification ........


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Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Heavy Minerals kt 2072,154
All production numbers are expressed as concentrate.

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Reserves at December 31, 2022:
Mineral Resources are based upon a cut-off grade of 0.5% total heavy minerals.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Probable 123 Mt Heavy Minerals 1.8 % 2.21 Mt
Probable 2.21 Mt Zircon 5 %
Probable 2.21 Mt Rutile 4.1 %
Probable 2.21 Mt Leucoxene 12.6 %
Probable 2.21 Mt Ilmenite 71.7 %
Probable 2.21 Mt Monazite 0.3 %
Total Resource 109 Mt Heavy Minerals 2.5 % 2.73 Mt
Total Resource 2.73 Mt Zircon 4.9 %
Total Resource 2.73 Mt Rutile 4 %
Total Resource 2.73 Mt Leucoxene 12 %
Total Resource 2.73 Mt Ilmenite 72 %
Total Resource 2.73 Mt Monazite 0.3 %

Commodity Production Costs:

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2023 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

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Processing OpEx $M AUD 179
Transportation (haulage) costs $M AUD 109
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Corporate Presentation 2023
Pre-Feasibility Study Report 2023
Quarterly Report 2023
Other 2022
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