WPG Resources is an Australian ASX listed mineral resources company with advanced iron ore and coal exploration projects located in South Australia. The ASX code is WPG.

WPG's iron ore deposits comprise direct shipping ore (DSO) deposits, magnetite deposits and a new style of mineralisation, beneficiable feed ore (BFO) deposits.

The Company’s iron ore deposits lie in the Peculiar Knob and Hawks Nest tenements in the Gawler Craton south of Coober Pedy. The Company has completed Bankable Feasibility Studies for the development of both the Peculiar Knob and Buzzard DSO deposits. Initial project development will be directed towards the Peculiar Knob DSO haematite deposit with a resource of 19.2 million tonnes @ 64.0% Fe that the Company intends to bring into production in 2011 at a rate of 3.3 Mt per year for an approximate five year mine life.
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WPG Resources (ASX:WPG)
Company Directors
Mr Dennis Mutton (Non Exec. Director)
Mr Gary Jones (Director)
Mr Greg Harding (CFO)
Mr Heath Roberts (Executive Director)
Mr Len Dean (Non Exec. Director)
Mr Lim Yong (Non Exec. Director)
Mr Martin Jacosen (Chief Op. Officer)
Mr Robert Duffin (Executive Chairman)
Mr Robert Richardson (Non Exex. Director)
Contact Information
Phone: (02) 9251 1044
Website:

Address
Level 9, Kyle House, 27-31 Macquarie Place, NSW, Australia, 2000
Media Releases
Commonwealth EPBC approval received for Peculiar Knob mine
14 Jun,2011 09:36 AM

WPG Resources Limited (ASX:WPG) is pleased to advise that the Commonwealth government has approved the development of the Company’s flagship Peculiar Knob iron ore mine south east of Coober Pedy, along with all of the associated infrastructure, pursuant to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

The Commonwealth’s approval was foreshadowed in WPG’s ASX announcement of 30 May 2011.


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