Ilmenite Shipment Update

PYX Resources Limited

05 January 2024

 

 PYX Resources Limited / EPIC: PYX / Market: Standard / Sector: Mining

5 January 2024

Pyx Resources Limited

("PYX" or "the Company")

Ilmenite Shipment Update

PYX Resources (NSX: PYX | LSE: PYX), the world's third largest publicly listed zircon producer by zircon resources¹, provides an update on the shipment of ilmenite. On the 17^th August 2023, the Company announced that it had obtained the licence to export rutile and ilmenite from the Investment and One-Integrated Services Department (Dinas Penanaman Modal dan Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu/ DPMPTSP). A subsequent change introduced in December 2023 by the Industrial and Trade Department for Export Tax Billing, requires the exporter to use two types of Port, Loading Port and Export Port. The licence, which the government originally issued only stated the loading port in Banjarmasin. A request to modify the licence has been made to the Trade department and we anticipate receiving the revised licence imminently. Accordingly, the Company will have to delay its actual ilmenite orders until the amendment of the licence is granted. Further updates will be provided in due course as appropriate.

PYX has been producing and stockpiling ilmenite and rutile since 2022 (see RNS announcements on 12 January 2022 and 27 June 2022), and by the end of December 2023, has accumulated 10kt of Titanium Dioxide material (pre-audit).  The start of shipping will represent a significant milestone for the Company and strengthen its financial position through the diversification of its revenue sources.

PYX's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Oliver Hasler, said:

"We have produced and stockpiled 10kt of titanium dioxide, ready for shipment. Although the timing of the change to the conditions of the export licence is less than ideal, we have acted swiftly in requesting the modification to our existing licence and are confident that a revised licence will be issued imminently. Meanwhile, demand for our Premium Zircon continues and we look forward to building on the 61% increase in production and 88% increase in sales announced in our Q3'23 update."

Other terms of the export licence

The IUP-OP licence and newly issued RKAB Operasi Produksi Tahun 2023 (Working Plan and Budget) authorises the Company to extract, produce, and export 24kt of zircon p.a., 20kt of rutile p.a. and 50kt of ilmenite p.a., ensuring the extraction and production of other by-products, such as SiO₂.

Minimum grades for the export of ilmenite and rutile are: ilmenite TiO₂ ≥ 45% and rutile TiO₂ ≥ 90%, as stipulated by the Industrial and Trade Department's regulation.

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For more information:

PYX Resources Limited	T: [phone] E: [e-mail]
WH Ireland Limited (Broker) Harry Ansell / Katy Mitchell / Darshan Patel	T: [phone]
St Brides Partners Ltd (Financial PR) Ana Ribeiro / Isabel de Salis / Isabelle Morris	E: [e-mail]

This announcement is authorised for release by Oliver B. Hasler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

About PYX Resources

PYX Resources Limited (NSX: PYX | LSE: PYX) is a producer of premium zircon dual listed on the National Stock Exchange of Australia and on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. PYX's key deposits, Mandiri and Tisma, are large-scale, near-surface open pit deposits both located in the alluvium-rich region of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. PYX, whose Mandiri deposit has been in production since 2015, is the 3^rd largest publicly traded producing mineral sands company by zircon resources globally. Determined to mine responsibly and invest in the wider communities where we operate, PYX is committed to fully developing its Mandiri and Tisma deposits, with the vision to consolidate the mineral sands resources in Kalimantan and explore and acquire mineral sands assets in Asia and beyond.

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Although the forward-looking information contained in this Announcement is based upon what management believes, or believed at the time, to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure prospective purchasers that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking information, as there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended, and neither the Company nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any such forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake, and assumes no obligation, to update or revise any such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information contained herein to reflect new events or circumstances, except as may be required by law.

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Compliance Statement

The Mandiri mineral sands deposit hosts a 6Mt Inferred JORC Resource of zircon. The Company originally announced this resource in its Prospectus released on 20 February 2020 and confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the Prospectus. All material assumptions and technical parameters disclosed in the Prospectus that underpin the estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed.

The Tisma mineral sands deposit hosts a 4.5 Mt Inferred JORC Resource of zircon. The Company originally announced this resource in its Announcement "PYX Resources Limited Agrees to Acquire Tisma Development (HK) Limited, a World-Class, Fully Licensed Mineral Sands Deposit" on NSX on 13 January 2021 and confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the Announcement. All material assumptions and technical parameters disclosed in the Announcement that underpin the estimates continue to apply and have not materially changed.

Together the Mandiri and Tisma mineral sand deposits total 10.5 Mt of contained zircon within a total of 263.5 Mt of heavy mineral sands.

 

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