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    CAMEROON GOVERNMENT DECLARES MBALAM RAIL CORRIDOR::
    Sundance Resources Limited (Sundance or the Company) (ASX: SDL) is pleased to announce that its plan
    to develop the world’s next major iron ore province has progressed with the Government of the
    Republic of Cameroon confirming that the land identified for the proposed rail corridor which links the
    Mbalam Project to the Lolabe Port has been declared Land for Public Utility.
    The declaration was made by Cameroon’s Ministry of Property and Land Tenure. It covers the corridor
    from the Mbalam mine site to Sundance’s planned deep water iron ore terminal at Lolabe at the Kribi
    port area.
    The decision paves the way for the government to secure the necessary land required for building the
    Mbalam rail line. This will be done through a formal process led by a committee appointed by
    representatives of each of the six affected regional districts: Vallée du Ntem, Océan, Mvila, Dja et Lobo
    and Haut Nyong. This decision also freezes all further property transactions and construction permits
    along the proposed rail corridor.
    The process will now include:
    • A survey of the land, existing buildings and improvements along the proposed railway line;
    • Compilation of current and pending property titles in the affected areas;
    • A cadastral survey to delineate the railway corridor boundaries.
    The committee will then refer its final report back to the Ministry of Property and Land Tenure, which
    will determine expropriation and compensation. This process is expected to take approximately six
    months.
    Expropriation will enable the Government to grant Sundance’s Cameroonian subsidiary Cam Iron (or an
    affiliate) the rights to the land necessary to construct and operate the railway, in accordance with the
    Mbalam Convention currently being negotiated between the Government of Cameroon and Sundance.
    This declaration ensures all land required for the project is either subject to a Declaration of Public Utility
    or a Mining Permit Application and is a significant step forward to securing all land leases required in
    Cameroon. The declaration of public utility for the Kribi port area (which includes Lolabe) was
    announced in 2010 and environmental approval for the rail, port and mine was granted in 2010.
    Sundance CEO and Managing Director Giulio Casello said the Cameroon Government has once again
    demonstrated its ongoing support for the Mbalam Iron Ore Project.
    “We thank the Government of Cameroon and specifically the Minister of Property and Land Tenure for
    making this declaration,” Mr Casello said. “This declaration demonstrates the Government’s desire to
    finalise agreements required to commence the development of the Project.”
 
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