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Image Resources has mapped out a swathe of ultra high-grade heavy mineral sands for a further 1.4km northwards at its Boonanarring mineral sands project near Perth. The company has completed infill drilling across all proposed mining blocks at the operation and with all assay results expected soon, it is aiming to complete a full update of the mineral resources and ore reserves for the project in the December quarter.

Image Resources has mapped out ultra-high-grade heavy mineral sands mineralisation for a further 2km northwards at its Boonanarring mineral sands project near Perth. The company has now completed infill drilling across all proposed mining blocks at the operation, with assay results expected shortly, which should allow a full update of mineral resources and ore reserves for the project in the December quarter of this year.

ASX-listed mineral sands producer, Image Resources, has increased its EBITDA forecast from previous guidance by $15m to between $55m to $65m due to its Boonanarring project just north of Perth performing above expectations in several key areas. Projected operating costs have been lowered by about $10m to between $75m and $85m, while revenue guidance has ticked up to between $130m and $145m.

Image Resources has completed the sale of three months of production inventory, or about 70,000 tonnes of zircon-rich heavy mineral concentrate, in just six weeks to its offtake partners. Drilling to delineate the high-grade core in the eastern strandline within the company's Boonanarring project north of Perth is ongoing with preliminary drilling results expected soon.

Image Resources has signed sales agreements for 70,000 tonnes of zircon-rich HMC from its Boonanarring project north of Perth for three bulk shipments with Chinese offtake partner Shantou Natfort Zirconium and Titanium. The company has also received significant interest from other potential buyers for its HMC, which could indicate rising demand for the product in China.

Image Resources' Boonanarring heavy mineral sands project near Perth continues to deliver with a grab sample of an ultra-high grade zone that was identified and mined by the company returning 95% HM and 70% zircon content. About 500 tonnes of this ore has been stockpiled and work will be carried out to determine how far the zone extends into areas that have not been fully cleared of overburden.

Image Resources has outlined further evidence of a very high-grade core section in the eastern strand of its Boonanarring heavy minerals mine north of Perth after processing ore with an average grade about 2.5 times than the budgeted grade in March. The company has commenced a close-spaced drilling program to delineate the high-grade zone and update its ore reserve estimate.

Image Resources has started a program to upgrade ore reserves at its Boonanarring heavy minerals project north of Perth after achieving higher than expected grades since production commenced in December last year. Ore production in January achieved HM grades of 12.6%, more than double the 6% HM estimate of the ore reserve, whilst zircon was 33.5% of the HM content compared to an estimate of 22.9%.

Image Resources has completed the ramp-up of its Boonanarring project just north of Perth to full production in just two months, well in advance of the planned six month ramp-up schedule in the bankable feasibility study. The company has also shipped a full complement of about 20,000 tonnes of heavy mineral sands this month and expects to achieve positive project cash flow before the end of the current quarter.

Image Resources has banked its first cheque from the export of heavy mineral sands concentrate from its zircon-rich Boonanarring mineral sands mine located in the North Perth Basin region of WA. The first bulk shipment of about 10,000 wet metric tonnes of concentrate was shipped from Bunbury Port this week, with payment secured via a letter of credit from Image's Chinese off-take partner, Natfort.

Image Resources has completed wet commissioning of its flagship Boonanarring heavy mineral sands project just 80km north of Perth and the company has started to ramp up production. Management has set an aggressive schedule aimed at achieving the feasibility study target processing rate of 500 dry tonnes of ore per hour in just six months.

Image Resources is starting to transport its zircon-rich heavy mineral sands concentrate from the Boonanarring project north of Perth to port storage in Bunbury, barely a month after starting wet commissioning of the mine plant. First revenues could kick in before the end of the year with the first bulk shipment of the zircon-rich HMC scheduled to depart in December.

Image Resources has produced its first heavy mineral concentrate from its flagship Boonanarring zircon-rich mineral sands project located 80km north of Perth in the North Perth Basin region of WA. The processing plant will transition to full operation over the next 2-4 weeks. The company will receive its first revenue for ore production in January before progressing rapidly to a positive cash flow later in the March quarter.

Image Resources is well on the final stretch towards production at its Boonanarring mineral sands project 80km north of Perth after commencing wet commissioning of the processing facility. The company is on track to start producing mineral sands concentrate in the current quarter, receiving its first revenue in January 2019 and becoming cash flow positive by the end of the first quarter of 2019.

Image Resources has de-risked the sale of heavy mineral sands from its Boonanarring project just 80km north of Perth with the execution of a second binding offtake agreement with China's Hainan Wensheng High-Tech Materials. The agreement complements Image's existing agreement with Natfort as both offtake partners have agreed to take up the other's share of production in the event that one is unable to do so.

Many ASX juniors are artfully skilled at turning out feasibility studies but often not so good at traversing the debt and equity markets to make that quantum leap into production. Image Resources however, has done just that with $50m in debt and $25m in equity now locked away to take its zircon rich, multi-element, mineral sands play near Gingin in W.A into production within just months.

Emerging mineral sands producer Image Resources has set a good example for the WA mining industry by embracing solar power for its high-grade, zircon-rich Boonanarring development just north of Perth. The company has struck a deal with Perth-based Sunrise Energy Group that will see a 3-4MW solar farm built next door to its mineral sands project and supply about 25% of its power.