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April 2017
MODERN MINING
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MINING News
Consultants appointed for
Kalongwe Feasibility Study
ASX-listed Nzuri Copper (previously Regal Resources) has appointed
the principal consultants for the Feasibility Study (FS) and Front-End
Engineering Design for the Kalongwe project in the DRC.
Kalongwe is a significant high-grade oxide Cu-Co near-surface
resource which has potential to be developed into a near-term, low
capex/low opex mining operation producing approximately 20 t/a
of copper/cobalt in concentrate. The project is located in Katanga
Province, approximately 45 km south-west of the historic copper
mining and processing centre of Kolwezi and 15 km from Ivanhoe’s
Kamoa/Kakula copper discovery
The overall FS compilation and FEED will be undertaken by
Lycopodium. It will be assisted by Knight Piesold (tailings and water
management design), Orelogy (mining, reserve estimation and geo-
technical review), CSA (geological and resource estimation) and MSA
(site-based geological support). African Drilling has been appointed
to carry out geotechnical drilling for the FS.
The anticipated total cost of the FS, including site-based drilling
activities, is expected to be less than A$2 million, with completion
scheduled for early in the third quarter of 2017.
“The selection of high quality experienced consulting groups with
excellent African credentials, a well understood scope combined
with a focus of FEED works will facilitate a potential aggressive build
and ramp-up of the project. We look forward to completing the fea-
sibility study and demonstrating the robust nature of the Kalongwe
project,” comments Adams Smits, COO of Nzuri.
Sabodala drill programme
extends mineralisation
Teranga Gold Corporation, listed on the TSX and ASX, has announced
the second round of results from its ongoing 115-hole drill programme
at the Niakafiri deposit, situated within 5 km of the mill at its Sabodala
mine in Senegal.
Drill results from the first 60 holes at Niakafiri extend the mineralisa-
tion along strike and at depth, providing potential for re-optimisation
of the life of mine plan.
Positive drilling success in the Niakafiri Main zone include an inter-
section of 4,18 g/t Au over 23 m (including 6,52 g/t Au over 12 m) in
MDD17-279; and 2,99 g/t Au over 33 m (including 4,23 g/t Au over
17 m) in MDD17-277.
“The drill results confirm our belief that there is considerable
opportunity to extend the mineralisation both along strike and to
depth at Niakafiri,” said Paul Chawrun, Chief Operating Officer of
Teranga.“These encouraging results could result in the re-sequencing
of Niakafiri in the current mine plan, filling in the production gaps at
Sabodala to extend the life of open-pit mining and to defer the start
of underground mining.”
“We are very pleased with our most recent results, which repre-
sent some of the widest mineralised intervals encountered within the
Niakafiri deposit to date,”stated DavidMallo, Vice President Exploration
of Teranga. “Our drill programme at Niakafiri will continue to focus on
extending the mineralisation along trend and to depth.”