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November 2016 MODERN MINING13
MINING News
East Africa Metals Inc, listed on the TSX-V,
says its development partner, Tanzanian
Goldfields Limited, has initiated development
activity at the Magambazi project located in
the Handeni region of Tanzania.
According to Tanzanian Goldfields, the
mobilisation of equipment required to initi-
ate test mining and bulk sampling operations
as an initial phase of the development plan
is in progress. Gravity recovery equipment is
currently on site with additional equipment
being mobilised to site from Dar es Salaam.
Agitated leach tanks and CIL recovery equip-
ment are scheduled for construction and
installation over the next several months.
Additionally, Magambazi Camp upgrades
have commenced, with the production site
preparation now in place.
Tanzanian Goldfields’ management has
concluded discussions with community and
government representatives for the hand­
over of the Magambazi site and dismantling
of artisanal operations to clear the way for
the current test mining and bulk sampling
programme and future development of a
commercial mining operation.
Previously completed preliminary met-
allurgical test work on the primary gold
mineralisation at the Magambazi project
has demonstrated significant (72,6 %) gold
recoveries from gravity methods alone. The
initial phase of test mining and bulk sampling
has been planned to confirm these results
in the field and allow a definitive approach
for the initial ramp up of production to be
developed.
Tanzanian Goldfields has also announced
the appointment of Gareth Taylor as its
General Manager. He has extensive experi-
ence in deep level, intermediate, shallow
underground and opencast mining in a
number of African countries including Mali,
Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania. For 28
years he was employed by AngloGold Ashanti
where he was head of mining and plan-
ning for the company’s East and West Africa
regions and also MD of the Geita gold mine
in Tanzania.
In 2006 Taylor joined Barrick Gold, where
he was Executive General Manager for Barrick
Gold Tanzania and Vice President for Barrick
Gold Africa, responsible for all Barrick’s
operational interests in Africa. In 2010 he
joined Shanta Gold Limited and held posi-
tions as COO and CEO whilst bringing the
New Luika Gold Mine in the Lupa goldfield of
Development starts at Magambazi
south-west Tanzania to production.
The Magambazi project is located in
the emerging Handeni gold district in
eastern Tanzania, 180 km north-west of
Dar es Salaam and 140 km south-west of
the port city of Tanga.
Gold was discovered by locals in the
Magambazi area in 2003, spurring a gold
rush with intense alluvial and hard rock
mining. Canaco – the predecessor of East
African Metals – acquired the Handeni
property in 2007 and began drilling at
Magambazi in 2009. The first hole proved
to be the discovery hole, returning 53 m
grading 4,32 g/t gold.
In December 2011 Canaco com-
missioned an initial mineral resource
estimate for the mineralised portion of
the Magambazi area. The results of this
work were announced on May 15, 2012,
reporting an initial mineral resource
of 15,2 Mt grading 1,48 g/t gold and
containing 721 300 ounces in the indi-
cated category, as well as 6,7 Mt grading
1,36 g/t gold and containing 292 400
ounces in the inferred category. 