Maiden Shipment from Wetar Project
09 Marzo 2009 - 2:40AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMFND
FINDERS RESOURCES LIMITED
WETAR COPPER PROJECT- FIRST SHIPMENT COPPER CATHODE
IN-COUNTRY PROCESSING SIGNIFICANT FOR INDONESIA
Finders Resources Ltd. (FND) is pleased to announce the maiden
shipment of 61 tonnes of copper cathode from the Wetar Copper Project
on March 6th 2009.
This shipment represents the first production of high quality cathode
copper using heap leach and SX-EW technology within Indonesia.
Significantly, the Wetar Copper Project is in full accord with the
push for increased levels of in-country processing required by the
new Indonesian mining law.
The five tonne per day cathode demonstration plant has operated
continuously since February 15 and for the past two weeks has been
exceeding design capacity by 16%.
Chris Farmer, Finders' Indonesian based Managing Director, commented:
"Progress at the demonstration plant strongly vindicates our faith
in the technical robustness of the Wetar copper project.
As the first producer of value added copper metal in Indonesia, both
the project and programs in place which assist local community
development, are strongly supported locally. On Friday March 6th
2009, with our local partner PT Batutua Kharisma Permai,
commemorative plaques of the first cathode were presented to the
Governor of Maluku and Regent of Maluku Barat Daya.
The cash flow from production from the demonstration plant will
provide a solid operating base for the company as we proceed towards
developing the expanded 20,000 tpa copper mining and processing
facility at Wetar."
For further information please contact
Finders Resources Ltd:
Russell Executive Chairman +61 2 9211 8299
Fountain
Chris Farmer Managing Director info@findersresources.com
Financial PR:
Doug Macdonald Capital Group (in +61 424 255 959
Australia)
Nick Elwes College Hill (in the UK) +44 20 7457 2020
RFC Corporate Finance Ltd - Nomad:
Rob Adamson Managing Director +61 2 9250 0000
Stuart Laing Executive Director +61 8 9480 2500
FinnCap - Finders' Broker for the AIM market:
Mathew Robinson Corporate Finance Director +44 20 7600 1658
Joe Lunn Analyst +44 20 7600 1658
Background on Finders Resources
Finders, listed on AIM and ASX, is the operator of the Wetar Copper
(92% and earning), and Ojolali Gold-Silver Projects (72% with
option) in Indonesia, and holds an investment in Geopacific Resources
NL, an ASX-listed company with active exploration programs for gold
and copper in Fiji.
At the Wetar Project, as part of a definitive feasibility study, a
demonstration SX-EW plant with 5t per day copper cathode capacity is
being installed and is permitted to process 100,000t of ore from the
Kali Kuning deposit. The Company is targeting commercial production
of 20-25,000 tonnes per year cathode by early 2010, subject to
accelerated schedules for engineering design work and project
funding.
At the Ojolali Project, Finders controls what it considers to be a
major new epithermal gold district, and has been undertaking an
extensive exploration program comprising detailed drilling to
establish and initial mining resource, supported by extensive surface
geophysical and geochemical surveys. Finders' believes that the
Ojolali project has strong potential to generate short-term cash flow
through open pit CIL/CIP development of the gold resource at the
Jambi Oxide gold deposit.
For further information on results previously reported and a full
resource statement please visit our website www.findersresources.com.
Disclaimer
This announcement may or may not contain certain "forward-looking
statements". All statements, other than statements of historical
fact, which address activities, events or developments that Finders
believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, are
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but
not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek",
"anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "targeting", "expect",
and "intend" and statements that an event or result "may", "will",
"can", "should", "could", or "might" occur or be achieved and other
similar expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect the
current internal projections, expectations or beliefs of Finders
based on information currently available to Finders. Statements in
this document that are forward-looking and involve numerous risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from expected results are based on the Company's current beliefs and
assumptions regarding a large number of factors affecting its
business. Actual results may differ materially from expected results.
There can be no assurance that (i) the Company has correctly measured
or identified all of the factors affecting its business or the extent
of their likely impact, (ii) the publicly available information with
respect to these factors on which the Company's analysis is based is
complete or accurate, (iii) the Company's analysis is correct or (iv)
the Company's strategy, which is based in part on this analysis, will
be successful. Finders expressly disclaims any obligation to update
or revise any such forward-looking statements.
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