Mozambique: 2024 tantalite production should be highest yet – government
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The Australian based mining company MRG Metals on Tuesday announced that samples taken from its concession between the towns of Koko Massava and Malahice, which lies in its Corridor Central project in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, confirm that the area contains three very high grade heavy mineral sand zones.
A total of 1,448 samples were taken, giving an inferred mineral resource of 1,133 megatonnes at 5.3 per cent. This translates to an estimated sixty megatonnes of total heavy minerals composed of 42 per cent ilmenite, seven per cent ilmenite/titanomagnetite, two per cent zircon, one per cent rutile, one per cent leucoxene, and 0.2 per cent monazite. The other substances found in the heavy minerals are less valuable.
According to the company’s chairperson, Andrew Van Der Zwan, this means that “our infill and expansion drilling programme at Koko Massava has continued to deliver excellent results”. MRG Metals will now commission IHC Mining to use the data to produce a JORC compliant resource report (the Australian code for reporting mineral resources) for Koko Massava.
Ilmenite and rutile are used to make white pigments for paints, paper, and plastic. Titanium can be extracted from these ores and used to manufacture metallic parts where lightweight and high strength are needed. Zircon is used for abrasive and insulating purposes and monazite contains rare earth elements.
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