Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ) Announce High Grade Brown Sugar Bauxite Discovery at Guyra, NSW
Sydney, June 28, 2011 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited (
ASX:ABZ) has received laboratory results from drilling at its Guyra project in NSW.
63 holes intersected a thick layer of bauxite located beneath a thin clay horizon, including some exceptionally high grade, thick gibbsite bauxite, ideal as a "sweetener" to any bauxite refinery.
Australian Bauxite CEO Ian Levy said; "This is our 2nd discovery of premium quality bauxite concealed under a thin clay layer. We hope to find a lot more.
"We may be able to sell large tonnages to bauxite-alumina refineries needing "sweetener" bauxite that processes at low temperature and has very low reactive silica contents.
"We've called this bauxite type "Brown Sugar" bauxite - sweet and greatly sort after. It may become a brand name in the industry one day.
"Being next to rail may help the Inverell-Guyra project get started early."
Logistical Setting
The best part of the bauxite discovered to date is immediately adjacent the standard gauge rail line connecting Guyra to Armidale, Werris Creek and thence to the heavy-duty rail to Newcastle minerals export port. Operations of the Guyra-Armidale rail has recently been suspended but the rail line is still in good condition, having recently been used for transportation of logging products.
Review of Environmental Factors
A Review of Environmental Factors (REF) has been submitted to the Department of Industry and Investment and is currently under consideration.
Resource Estimation Underway
Good continuity of bauxite qualities and thickness in places may lead to a maiden resource estimation, albeit based on only partial drilling of deposit zones that are still open and likely to be extended in coming months.
Further Work Planned
The bauxite deposit is open in many locations and many other deposits have been identified. Followup drilling of the Guyra discovery is being scheduled over the coming months in line with the REF.
For the complete Australian Bauxite Limited announcement including figures, tables and maps, please refer to the following link:
http://www.abnnewswire.net/media/en/docs/639027.pdf
About Australian Bauxite Ltd
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) (ASX:ABX) has its first bauxite mine in Tasmania & controls the Eastern Australian Bauxite Province. ABx's 11 bauxite tenements in Queensland, New South Wales & Tasmania totalling 662 km2 are all 100% owned, unencumbered & free of third-party royalties. ABx's bauxite is gibbsite trihydrate (THA) bauxite that can be processed into alumina at low temperature.
ABx has committed a large proportion of its expenditure into Research and Development to find ways to capitalise on the main strengths of its bauxite type which is very clean, free of all deleterious elements and partitioned into layers, nodules, particles and grains of different qualities that can be separated into different product streams using physical, chemical and geophysical methods.
ABx has declared large Mineral Resources in northern NSW, southern NSW, Binjour in central QLD & in northern Tasmania.
ABx's first mine commenced at Bald Hill near Campbell Town, Tasmania in December 2014 - the first new Australian bauxite mine for more than 35 years.
ABx aspires to identify large bauxite resources in the Eastern Australian Bauxite Province and has created significant bauxite development projects in 3 states, Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania. Its bauxite deposits are favourably located for direct shipping of bauxite to both local and export customers.
ABx endorses best practices on agricultural land, strives to leave land and environment better than we find it. We only operate where welcomed.
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