CuFe Ltd. provided an update on activities at its JWD iron ore project. The Company holds a 60% interest in the JWD Project via its subsidiary Wiluna Fe Pty Ltd. as operator of the joint venture (JWD JV). Following improvement in iron ore prices (which are up ~ 50% from when mining activity was suspended) the Company has initiated a restart of mining operations at JWD.

Product is expected to be ready for haulage to port by the end of the month. As part of underpinning this restart CuFe has commenced building a hedge book to cover future sales. To date positions have been taken, basis March quotation period, with 10,000 tonnes swapped at USD 120.7 and 20,000 DMT of collars entered with a floor price of USD 110DMT and ceiling price of USD 129.5 DMT, basis 62% Fe.

Lump premium is additional to this and remains floating at this stage. In addition to planning the restart of mining the JWD site team has continued to recover high grade material from a waste stockpile on site, crushing and screening it for trucking to port. A further 8-10,000 DMT of this material is expected to be loaded next week on a vessel shared with the neighbouring C4 project.

That parcel is subject to a swap contract for February at USD116.50 DMT, basis 62% Fe. The Company is also contributing a parcel of 20,000 DMT of fines product to a joint ship with C4, which will load during February. This material is circa 58% Fe and is being sourced from stockpiles which are economic to export presently given the lower freight rates and grade discounts that apply.

To assist in funding the working capital associated with the ramp up of activity the Company has negotiated a USD 2 million prepayment facility with its JWD offtake partner Glencore. The key terms of the facility are outlined in Appendix A to this announcement.