PROJECTS AND EXPLORATION
MLL MOVES TO NEXT PHASE
KASBAH STARTS DRILLING
• Location: Mali • Location: Morocco
• Phase: Exploration • Phase: Exploration
• Mineral: Lithium • Mineral: Tin
A
ustralian-based Mali Lithium’s application at its
Goulamina lithium project in Mali has moved into
the next approval phase.
Since submitting the exploitation permit application in early
April 2019, the company has been working closely with La
Direction Nationale de la Géologie et des Mines (DNGM) to
ensure that all technical and regulatory requirements have
been met.
This included a presentation on the project to the DNGM
leadership and technical team in late April 2019. The
DNGM had recently passed the technical review phase and
was moving to the next approval phase which involves
assessment and sign off by the Lelenta Hawa Baba Bah, the
Malian Minister of Mines.
Prior to this the company was required to pay the founder’s
fee in accordance with Mali’s 2012 mining code. The company
paid this fee in early July and is now working with the
Minister to answer any queries that may arise from the review.
Mali Lithium Managing Director Chris Evans said, “By working
closely with the Malian Government we have seen our
application progress through the approvals in the timelines
expected and we look forward to its imminent approval
and moving on to the next stages of the Goulamina lithium
project,” says Chris Evans, managing director at Mali Lithium.
K
asbah Resources has commenced a drilling
programme at its Achmmach tin project in
Morocco.
According to the company, the drilling programme
has been designed to test the continuity of tin
mineralisation on the untested Sidi Addi strike, which
runs parallel to the main Meknes Trend. At present, the
Achmmach tin project has measured and indicated
resource of 14.9 million tonnes at 0.85% tin (Sn) of which
14.6 million tonnes at 0.85% Sn is hosted on the Meknes
Trend and 0.34 million tonnes at 1.25% is hosted on the
Sidi Addi Trend.
At this stage, there are no material changes to the
development plan detailed in the 2018 Definitive
Feasibility Study, however, if additional tin mineral
resources are proven on the Sidi Addi Trend, this has the
potential to extend the currently estimated 10-year life
of mine.
The proposed initial drilling programme will take about
two to three months and will consist of a 10-hole, 2100m
diamond drilling programme. The programme is not
targeting to define resources but is designed to prove
the continuity of tin mineralisation along the structure
and increase the understanding of the Sidi Addi Trend.
Should the initial drill programme be successful in
proving continuity, additional drilling would be required
for a mineral resource to be defined.
JAPA APPROVED
• Location: Ghana
• Phase: Exploration
• Mineral: Gold
T
he mining lease application for Tribune Resources’
Japa gold project in Ghana has been approved. The
agreement between Tribune and the government
of Ghana grants Tribune the exclusive gold mining rights
over the delineated area for a term of 11 years.
Japa is in the western region of Ghana, about 50km south
west of AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine. The project area
is centred on Wassa Akropong, the district capital of Wassa
Amenfi East District.
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Core samples at Mali Lithium’s Goulamina lithium project in Mali.
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