01 May 2012

March quarterly 2012


CORPORATE
  • $4.3m cash on hand
  • Positive feedback from US and UK investor roadshow
AUSTRALIAN ALUMINIUM OPERATION UPDATE
  • Gross Quarterly Cash Receipts of $1,012,764
  • Gross Quarterly Operating Cash Surplus of $12,237 with Trade Receivables of $1,261,849
  • 3,647 tonnes of salt slag and non-salt slag, and 937 tonnes of dross received during the quarter
  • All salt cake and dross delivered to site is being recycled in a closed-loop process, with continuing reduction of stockpiled partly-processed salt cake
  • Production refinements being successfully implemented to address challenges caused by partly-processed salt cake, operations continuing during this process
  • First shipment of AL80 has departed following the engagement with Australia Bandfield Group
US ALUMINIUM OPERATION UPDATE
  • Plant design and assessment of capital cost at advanced stage, management believes final capex could be considerably below initial US$25m budget estimate
  • Targeted earning from first US plant US$25m per annum when operating at full capacity
SILICA PROJECT UPDATE
  • Continued progress re supply contracts to underwrite Tasmanian silicon smelter proposal
  • Engagement of corporate advisors regarding silica division spin-off
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