Archive - 2013

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Zamin Ferrous is a private international mining group that has been operating in Brazil since 2005 and owns three significant assets with a combined 1,500 Mt potential resource in Brazil as well as the 2,500 Mt Valentines Project in Uruguay. Zamin owns the Zamapa iron ore processing facility in Amapa state with a total of 200 employees. It also owns 50% of the Susa iron project, which is located in the state of Rio Grande Norte and the Greystone project, a large iron ore deposit in the south east of Bahia State. Shipments from Susa and Zamapa began in 2011 and on-going exploration at Greystone has proven a 284 Mt resource, with a potential resource of 700 Mt. Zamin sold its Bamin project in the State of Bahia to ENRC for total compensation of $1 billion paid in 2008 and 2010.