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Australia MiABN 45 125
ANNOUNCE
19 Septembe
AMM
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Australia M(AMMG/the Cthe Meckerinmaterial for currently holGibson (Espeboth pendinghas now selealuminous cla The Meckerinlow-cost alumand processyears. As a impurities inccan be easily
By contrast, aluminous clacompleted Inat significantl The other maapproximatel
inerals and Minin 301 206
EMENT AND
er 2014
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ost advanced
uality of ore; c
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mall crushing,
eposit will sup
inerals and Company) is ng aluminous
its HPA chds pending teerance), Kerrg and grantedected the Mecay project with
ng deposit givminous clay fesed by a natu result, the di
cluding iron, tity filtered durin
bauxite ore ay feedstock a
ntegrated Studly lower opera
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used to prodat Meckering,
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at Meckering. it as it is the many’s portfolio
any access toch has alreadyng process ov contains verym, calcium, po
sing.
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ely pure ore fetal costs than
sit is that it havia the 8km Le
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(ASX: AKAit has selectepply feedstocject). AMMGclay assets a
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and aluminuns 0.7% iron (eedstock allow almost all of i
as been previoeming Road to
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2O3 (%) iO2 (%)
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chemical and minePA Plant Feed
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its HPA plantwn as only rela
covers privatd surface righ
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eralogical character
Resource
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used on a lamics and pap.4% brightneshods, to obtainam. Approximles were sent
en pit and acces
alysis of Ore Fee
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te freehold cts already in p
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ristics of bauxites, D
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arge tonnageper coatings. Fss was develon a bulk samp
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and with key
HPA Project ical) .77 .29 36 98 41 65 42 67 -
estern Australia, Ap
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of approximatng process is enes and is soich is found a low silica con
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all crushing, d
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plant.
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About AMM AMMG is ai(Al2O3) whicgeneration oabrasives, cHPA market Current HPAsuch as alumHPA directlylow-impurity AMMG has 3,000tpa prodemand for t
Forward-lookin
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Competent PeTechnical informGeoscientists. Mactivity which hMineral Resourcontext in which
more information
orporate gy Tan anaging Director stralia Minerals &l: +61 8 9389 555
mail: info@ammg.
MG (ASX: AKA)
iming to becomech is the major of smartphones aceramics and a g is approximately
A producers use aminum metal to py from an ore fee aluminous clay f
produced test qoduction facility. the next generati
ng Statements ment contains forwcts’, ‘plan’ or ‘intenr financial positionreserves and resoud on a number of and are expected Such forward-look
t factors, many of wmance or achievemto place undue reliaor results to differ m
rson Statement mation in this reporMr O’Mara has suffe is undertaking torces and Ore Reseh it appears.
, please contact:
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e the world’s leasource material and portable tablgrowing range ofy 20,000tpa and i
an expensive andproduce HPA quaedstock, such as feedstock source
quantities of 4N AMMG is a ch
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ward-looking statemnds’ and other sim
n or performance urces are also forwf assumptions and to take place, are
king statements arewhich are beyond t
ments expressed orance on these forw
materially from the e
rt is based on informficient exploration e qualify as a Comprves’ (“JORC 2012
Ltd
ading supplier of for scratch-resislet devices. HPAf high-performanis expected to do
d highly processeality product. AM aluminous clay.
ed from the Comp
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ments which are idemilar words that inv
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ouble over the co
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entified by words svolve risks and un
mates and assumpments. These stateding future eventsto significant techn
of future performanCompany, the Direcrward-looking statements. These forwastimated, expressed
y B.Sc. Geology, As relevant to the styefined in the 2012 Esents to the inclusio
Media CoTony DawConsultanProfessioTel (officeEmail: ton
igh purity aluminpphire glass, usen the production plications. The ming decade.
terial nly two companieys a well-establisned Meckering pr
ncing a Bankableed on creating a
such as ‘anticipatesncertainties. Indicatptions in respect ements are based s and actions thatical, business, ecoce and involve kno
ctors and managemments contained inard looking statemd or anticipated in t
MMG Chief Geologyles of mineralisatioEdition of the ‘Austron in this release of
ontact we nt nal Public Relatio
e): +61 8 9388 [email protected]
na (HPA) ed in the next of LED’s, global
es in the world thahed processing troject in Western
e Feasibility Stu high-margin pro
s’, ‘forecasts’, ‘maytions of, and guideof production, pric on an assessment, while considerednomic, competitiveown and unknown ment. We cannot ann this announcemeents are subject tohese statements.
gist and a member on and types of depralasian Code for Rf the matters based
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at report the abiltechnology to ex
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y’, ‘will’, ‘could’, ‘beelines or outlook oces, operating cosnt of present econod reasonable as
e, political and soci risks, uncertaintiesnd do not give anyent will actually occo various risk facto
of the Australasianposit under consideReporting of Explord on his information
ity to produce 4Nxtract HPA from a
velop a full-scalee growing globa
elieves’, ‘estimateson, future earningssts, results, capitaomic and operatingat the date of thial uncertainties ands, assumptions and
y assurance that thecur and readers areors that could cause
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