Tellus Joins Japan & China Trade Delegation

• Tellus joins Northern Territory Government’s trade delegation to Japan and China
• Attends world’s largest mining conference – China Mining Congress (Tianjin)

Tellus Holdings Ltd (Tellus) is pleased to announce it is joining a Northern Territory (NT) Government’s trade and investment delegation to Japan on 23 October with the Chief Minister the Hon Adam Giles and China from 30 October to 6 November.

The delegation, led by the Minister for Mines and Energy, the Hon Willem Westra van Holthe, will also attend the China Mining Congress in Tianjin. The Mining Congress is one of the world’s largest mineral investment, cooperation and trading platforms. It covers the whole value chain, including geological surveying, exploration development, mining rights trading, mining investment and financing, smelting and processing, technique and equipment and mining services.

Tellus Managing Director Duncan van der Merwe said the delegation was a chance for explorers like Tellus to capitalise on the good relationships built up between the Territory, Japan and China.

“We are joining this delegation to develop relationships and get a better understanding of the
market opportunities,” he said.
Tellus hopes to use the visit to develop relationships, update parties on Tellus’ projects and commence offtake discussions with customers for salt and fertilisers from its Chandler salt mine project and kaolin from its Sandy Ridge project and investigate logistics and supply chain management options, he said.

Products from the high grade multi-mineral rock salt will include industrial and edible salts and other associated minerals (used for fertilisers) and kaolin that are in demand in China, Japan and the rest of Asia, Mr van der Merwe said.

Tellus Holdings Ltd (“Tellus”) is an Australian exploration company with an attractive portfolio of rock salt deposits. Tellus is planning an underground rock salt mine in the Northern Territory. Tellus is the parent of a group of companies that plans to be involved in mine building, processing and sale of industrial and edible salts, fertilisers. Potential complementary businesses include storage in voids created by mining.

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Duncan van der Merwe, Managing Director Tel: +61 (0)2 9241-7678
Jane Munday, Michels Warren Munday on Mob: +61 (0)427 880 083