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Namibia
Husab Mine

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 Location:
45 km E from Swakopmund, Namibia

  Address:
Husab Tower, 2nd Floor, c/o Leutwein and Nathanael Maxuilili Streets
PO Box 8667
Swakopmund
Namibia
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Uranium
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life2036
The Husab uranium mine, located near Swakopmund, is one of the largest uranium mines in the world.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Epangelo Mining Company (Pty) Ltd. 10 % Indirect
China General Nuclear 90 % Indirect
Swakop Uranium Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
Swakop Uranium (SU) represents a partnership between the Republic of Namibia, represented by Epangelo Mining Company (10%) and China General Nuclear of the People’s Republic of China (90%).

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Deposit Type

  • Intrusion related


Summary:

The Husab Project is dominated by a series of north-northeast to northeast trending regionalscale antiforms and synforms, which make up the main structural architecture of the entire Central Zone of the Damara. These meta-sedimentary folds or dome-like structures of the DOB are cored by gneissic and metasedimentary rocks of the Abbabis Formation.

The Husab Uranium Project uranium mineralisation is associated with intrusive alaskite rocks and is informally referred to as a Rössing Type uranium occurrence.

At the Husab Uranium Project, mineralised alaskite occur proximal to the contact between the Khan Formation and calc-silicates of the Rössing Formation. The majority of the uraniferous alaskites are located within the Rössing Formation. The host Rössing Formation can vary from 50m to over 200m wide and mineralised intercepts can vary from a few metres to over 100m wide.

The average width of mineralised horizons is approximately 20m. The mineralisation at Zones 1 to 4 is a near-continuous mineralised area extending across approximately 8km strike length and up to 2km across strike. Individual mineralised units can be traced for several hundred metres along strike and down dip. Metallurgical indicates that uraninite is the main uranium mineral. Elevated uranium grades (for example) associated with beta-Uranophane, an oxidation product of uraninite, have been identified in drillhole RDD002.

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Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The Husab mine has five potential mineralized zones on the property, of which we are currently exploiting two zones – Zone 1 and Zone 2. Both are mined through two open pit operations very close to each other. 

In this area there are six different formations: the Kalahari forms the overburden, below the Kalahari is the Khan and then Chuos, followed by the Rossing, Karibib, and the intrusive layers, which occurs a lot deeper. The ore is concentrated around the Rossing formation. The ore doesn’t seem to occur in any of the formations below the Rossing formation. Two open pits have now reached depths of close to 90m & 140m, respectively.

Both sites are open pit operations. The Company uses a conventional truck and shovel method to mine the ore body, with hydraulic and electric shovels. The mining fleet consists of: six shovels that include three CAT 6060’s Face Shovels and three CAT 7495 Electric Shovels. In total, Company has 26 tracks of which 23 are Komatsu 960 E’s, and three are NTE 330’s which are Chinese manufactured trucks. There are twelve drill rigs in the pit, and here Company also have a combination of diesel and electric rigs – there are three CAT MD6640 electric drill rigs and four CAT MD6290 diesel-driven drill rigs. In addition, Company operate one CAT MD 6650 and four Atlas Copco Rock L8’s. The Rock L8’s are mostly for smaller diameter holes for pre-strip drilling. The hole diameter varies between 127mm for the smaller pre-split holes to 331 ........


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Production:

CommodityUnits20212020201920182017
Uranium (U3O8) t  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required3,5711,344
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Total tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required65,318,830 t88,082,523 t78,204,373 t100,047,675 t
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Reserves at March 2, 2011:
Mineral Reserves cut-off grade for Zone 1 - 148ppm U3O8, Zone 2 - 138ppm U3O8.
Mineral Resources cut-off at 100ppm U3O8.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Probable 205 Mt U3O8 497 ppm 224.8 M lbs
Indicated 241 Mt U3O8 480 ppm 257 M lbs
Inferred 125.5 Mt U3O8 400 ppm 110.3 M lbs

Financials:

Units2021202020192018
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Staff:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Annual Review 2018
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Technical Report 2011
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