The setting up of a global division has been against the backdrop of NMDC drawing up plans to expand
operations of its subsidiary,
LegacyIron Ore Company, in
Australia.
For starters, NMDC has initiated moves to delist the
Perth-based company by acquiring the 24% equity stake of the company and converting it into an NMDC wholly owned subsidiary.
According to company officials, increasing its stake in
Legacyfrom 70% to 100% would enable the parent to get it delisted from the ASX and lower mandatory compliance issues.
NMDC had acquired 50% equity in
Legacy in 2011 entailing an investment of A$19-million and subsequently acquired another 20% equity. Soon after delisting
Legacy, NMDC planned to invest another A$10-million as the first phase of expansion of the Australian
mining company, the officials said.
The bulk of the fresh investments would go toward further development of its Yudamindera
goldproject in
Western Australia, estimated to have resource of about 20-million ounces.
Currently,
Legacy is working on 19
exploration tenements for
iron-ore,
gold and base metals with the company claiming that initial
exploration reports indicate significant reserves of magnetite quality
iron-ore at its tenements, which typically was of a higher quality than the hematite grade generally mined in
India.
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