Pioneer of the
Australian Iron Ore
Industry

Speech by Executive Chairman Mrs. Gina Rinehart, Thursday 2 December 2021.

MINERAL Resources has locked in port and rail agreement with Hancock Prospecting, ensuring it can export iron ore from its assets in Western Australia’s Pilbara that were once considered stranded. MinRes and Hancock announced the agreement on November 29, which will involve the development of an iron ore export hub at the Port Hedland Standley Point Berth 3, in South West Creek. “Our long-stated strategy is to transform from short-life, high-cost mines to lower-cost, longer-life operations underpinned by innovative infrastructure solutions.”

While co-operation among Pilbara iron ore miners is rare, MinRes has an existing relationship with Hancock via its mining services division. “We look forward to working with Hancock, Roy Hill, PPA and the state government to progress this project which would help unlock stranded assets in the Pilbara and would create thousands of jobs for West Australians for years to come,” Ellison said.

Ellison said yesterday the agreement with Hancock and Roy Hill was the first of its kind in the Australian resources industry. “Our long-stated strategy is to transition from short-life, high-cost mines to lower-cost, longlife operations underpinned by innovative infrastructure solutions,” he said.

30 November, 2021.

Mineral Resources’ infrastructure agreement with Roy Hill and Hancock Prospecting could enable the ASX-listed miner to develop stranded iron-ore resources such as its Marillana project, Macquarie says. “A development of Marillana and the infrastructure agreement presents upside risk to our base-case earnings and valuation for MIN,” says Macquarie, which doesn’t factor that project into its base case for Mineral Resources at present