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Central Operations Update

8th Feb 2011 07:00

RNS Number : 8296A
Weatherly International PLC
08 February 2011
 



Weatherly International Plc ("Weatherly" or the "Company")

 

Central Operations Update

and

Investor Relations Presentation

 

 

Central Operations

 

As previously announced on 12 January 2011, mining activities have resumed at both the Otjihase and Matchless mines with ore being blasted and stockpiled awaiting commissioning of the concentrator. The commissioning of the concentrator is progressing well and the plant will resume normal operation in accordance with the programme. Weatherly expects to have sufficient quantities of concentrate to commence transport to Walvis Bay in March with the first revenues to be realised from concentrate sales shortly thereafter.

 

Both the Matchless ore haulage and Otjihase concentrate haulage contracts have been awarded to local company, Kraft Holdings, which now completes the award of all outstanding major contracts.

 

Forward Sales of Copper

 

Further to the previous announcement on 14 January 2011, Weatherly announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ongopolo Mining Limited ('Ongopolo'), has entered into an additional forward sales contract with Louis Dreyfus Commodities Metals Suisse S.A. ('Louis Dreyfus Commodities').

 

Weatherly has contracted with Louis Dreyfus Commodities for an additional 950 tonnes of contained copper to be delivered progressively over a 17 month period commencing in May 2011 at a fixed price of US$9,750/tonne. In total, Weatherly has therefore contracted forward sales for a total of 1,925. This represents approximately 20% of anticipated production over the period covered by the two contracts.

 

Investor Relations Presentation

 

Weatherly is pleased to provide shareholders with the Company's latest presentation which is being made available today at the Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

 

To view the full presentation, please paste the following link into your web browser:

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8296A_1-2011-2-7.pdf

 

 

The presentation is also available on the Company's website www.weatherlyplc.com

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Rod Webster, Chief Executive Officer, Weatherly International Plc

+44 (0) 20 7917 2989

 

Samantha Harrison / Jen Boorer, Ambrian Partners Limited

+44 (0) 20 7634 4700

 

Carina Corbett, 4C Communications Limited

+44 (0) 20 3170 7973

 

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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