Facts4 May 2015 19:39
African Mining Intelligence articles - much better informed than our now resident BB idiot ITLY!
"Ferrex Plc and Togo’s government reached agreement on March 30 concerning the Nayega manganese project. According to our sources, the contract, which covers the fiscal, environmental and social aspects of the program, complies with measures in a future mining code. The talks, which lasted four months, led to a meeting between Dave Reeves, managing director of Ferrex Plc, and mines and energy minister Dammipi Noupokou. The Norton Rose Fulbright law firm advised Ferrex while Togo was represented by McDermott Will & Emery. The company hopes to export 250,000 tons of ore per annum over 10 years. It will be conducted by SGM SARL, an 85% owned affiliate of Ferrex. The agreement is a first stage before the granting of a mining license. That will probably take place by the end of June, following presidential elections in April."
"The Lome-based West African Development Bank may provide funding for Ferrex Plc’s Nayega manganese project in northern Togo. The mine will require $15 million, including $3 in working capital. Roughly 65% of the $15 million will come from loans. Ferrex is also thinking of a deal with off-takers or with a strategic partner. To carry the manganese to the deep-water port of Lome, Dave Reeves, managing director of Ferrex, plans to use the truck fleets of various cement manufacturers, such as CIMTOGO (Heidelberg Cement group) which regularly travel from Lome to Burkino Faso and return empty on the way back."