Century Completes Internal Reorganization to Advance its Joyce Lake DSO Iron Ore Project
01 Fevereiro 2021 - 10:00AM
Century Global Commodities Corporation
(“
Century” or the “
Company”)
(TSX:CNT) is pleased to advise the completion of an internal
corporate reorganization (”Reorganization”) of its iron ore segment
following acquisition from WISCO Canada ADI Resources Development
& Investment Limited (“WISCO ADI”) of joint venture interests
in Century’s Labrador Trough iron ore projects. The Company now
holds 100% interest in these projects.
The details and completion of the acquisition
was announced in a news release dated November 19, 2020 and that
WISCO ADI, remains a 23.5% Century corporate shareholder and
strategic partner.
The Reorganization has now placed Century’s
extensive iron ore assets in subsidiaries that are most
advantageous to market preferences. In particular, Century’s
flagship Joyce Lake DSO Iron Ore Project (“Joyce Lake”), previously
within the Attikamagen project, is now in a special purpose vehicle
to facilitate the option of a spin-out and the possibility of
raising capital for Joyce Lake’s development. The special vehicle
has also been allocated its Canadian Exploration Expense from the
approximately C$40 million investment in Joyce Lake to date.
Century completed a similar successful spin-out
in June 2019 for Century Metals Inc., which included distributing
to Company shareholders a dividend in-kind of Century Metals Inc.
shares. The process also included independent financings, a public
listing and subsequently a reverse-take-over transaction with Reyna
Silver Corporation in 2020.
Iron ore price performance has been exceptional
exceeding the highest gains of any metal in 2020 and has averaged
US$170 January 2021 to date. Joyce Lake is planned to reach full
production in the midst of a company projected new iron ore
super-cycle. This new super-cycle would be driven by China’s
growing iron ore demand and with no major new mines planned for the
foreseeable future, a capped global supply. Joyce Lake’s simple
quarrying type of operation making it possible to reach production
approximately 18 months from construction decision, would
substantially benefit from elevated prices associated with the new
super-cycle.
To rapidly advance Joyce Lake the Company is
soliciting proposals to evaluate various optimization ideas the
Company has come up with over the last few years to improve the
value and returns of the project on the basis of the 2015
feasibility study and additionally has engaged with both Federal
and Provincial regulatory authorities to expedite project
permitting for the project to be shovel ready quickly.
Iron ore price for January 2021 to date is
US$170/t (62%Fe CFR China) which compares very favorably to the
2015 Joyce Lake feasibly price of US$95/t. The Company continues to
evaluate capital and operating cost reductions for Joyce Lake, as
recommended in the 2015 feasibility study, as well as the impact of
the improved iron ore price on the project economics.
The Company will provide updates of major
developments.
Allan (Wenlong) Gan, P. Geo, a Qualified Person
as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical
information contained in this news release.
About Century
Century Global Commodities Corporation (TSX:CNT)
is primarily a resource exploration and development company with a
large portfolio of iron ore projects in Canada containing extensive
multi-billion tonne resources mostly discovered from its own
mineral exploration activities. It also has other non-ferrous
metals mineral properties under exploration together with a
well-established food distribution business in Hong Kong (Century
Food).
Joyce Lake
Joyce Lake, a DSO (direct shipping ore) project
in Newfoundland and Labrador, is our most advanced project. It has
completed feasibility and permitting studies in 2015 and can be
brought to production within approximately 30 months.
Following a previous expenditure of more than $40M, the project has
reserves of 17.72M tonnes at 59.71% Fe.
Mineral Reserves
The mineral reserves estimate for the Joyce Lake
DSO project is:
|
Tonnage |
Grade |
Grade |
Grade |
Grade |
Mineral Reserves |
(t) |
(%Fe) |
(%SiO2) |
(%Al2O3) |
(%Mn) |
High Grade Proven (Above 55% Fe) |
11.63 M |
61.35 |
9.16 |
0.54 |
0.84 |
Low Grade Proven (52% - 55% Fe) |
2.89 M |
53.31 |
20.70 |
0.60 |
0.70 |
High Grade Probable (Above 55% Fe) |
2.45 M |
61.50 |
9.48 |
0.50 |
0.61 |
Low Grade Probable (52% - 55% Fe) |
0.75 M |
53.09 |
21.90 |
0.58 |
0.30 |
Total Reserve (Above 52% Fe) |
17.72 M |
59.71 |
11.62 |
0.55 |
0.76 |
The strip ratio is 4.09. |
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The 2015 Joyce Lake feasibility study
contemplated an open pit of 2.5M t/a over a 7-year LOM producing
both lump and fines from crushing and screening with no tailings
generated and used a long term price of US$95 per tonne, a capital
cost of $259.6M and operating costs of US$46.60 FOB the port at
Sept-Iles, which generated an after tax NPV8% of $61.4M. The NI
43-101 technical report of the 2015 feasibility study is available
on SEDAR.
Joyce Lake is in Newfoundland and Labrador close
to the town of Schefferville, Quebec which is serviced by a rail
link directly to ocean shipping iron ore ports at Sept-Iles. A new
43km dedicated haul road will be used from Joyce Lake to the rail
link.
In late 2015 Joyce Lake was placed on care and
maintenance during an extended period of low iron ore prices.
Century Food
Century Food is a subsidiary operation of the
Company which it started a few years ago and is a value-adding
marketing and distribution business of quality food products
sourced from such regions as Europe and Australia to the Hong Kong
market.
For further information please contact:
Sandy Chim, President & CEOCentury Global
Commodities Corporation416-977-3188IR@centuryglobal.ca
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