LIM PEA RNS 30/11/2012 Dec 2020 07:31
OPERATIONS UPDATE
A limited rehabilitation program of top-soil spreading with seeding and re-vegetation was completed during the
summer of 2020, which cost approximately $150,000 in contractor costs.
LIM followed the instructions and advice of Provincial and Federal health authorities, as well as industry-wide best
practice guidelines, to help limit the spread of Covid-19 and protect local communities. In June 2020, the Minister of
Natural Resources announced measures to assist the mining, and mineral exploration industries in Newfoundland
and Labrador during the Covid-19 global pandemic, including deferring rental and fee payments and waiving mineral
expenditure requirements for 2020. LIM’s obligations deferred as a result of this relief include mining and surface
lease rentals and mineral licence renewal fees. Additionally, LIM’s mineral expenditure requirement planned for
2020 has been waived.
The Province of Quebec also announced Covid-related relief measures to assist the mining and minerals industry in
Quebec. All claim renewals and work commitments have been waived for one year beginning April 9, 2020.
IRON ORE PROJECTS
LIM’s Schefferville Projects now consist of the Houston Property and, subject to further exploration and
development, other iron ore properties in the vicinity of Schefferville, including the Elizabeth Taconite Property.
Houston, which is LIM’s principal asset, is situated in Labrador about 20 kilometres southeast of the town of
Schefferville, Quebec. Together with the Malcolm deposit, considered to be its northwest extension, Houston is
estimated to contain a NI 43-101 resource of 40.6 million tonnes of direct shipping ore (DSO) grading 57.6% Fe.
The Houston development plan is based on lower-cost dry crushing and screening only. When in full
production, Houston is expected to produce consistent saleable product of about 2 million tonnes per year, with an
initial mine-life of about 10 years.
Development of the Houston Project, which is planned as LIM’s next DSO project, is subject to the availability of
development financing, and securing such development financing requires market confidence that the current
improved level of iron ore prices will be sustained. LIM continues to monitor iron ore market conditions as they relate
to the availability of development financing.
IRON ORE MARKET
For the past two years the iron ore price has often exceede