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Bougouni Mine

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Bougouni Mine

Location: 3.5 km N from Sanso, Mali

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35-39 Maddox Street
London
United Kingdom
W1S 2PP

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Lithium
  • Spodumene
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Bougouni project is being developed in two stages. Stage 1 is a low capex operation based on a DMS processing route while Stage 2 will see the construction of a much bigger capacity flotation plant.

11 February 2025, Kodal Minerals announced that first spodumene concentrate has been produced at Bougouni Lithium Project. First production of spodumene concentrate was achieved during the commissioning phase of the full Stage 1 Dense Media Separation ("DMS") processing plant with the introduction of pegmatite ore into the processing circuit.
Latest NewsKodal Minerals plc: Completion of Transfer of Bougouni Lithium Project Mining Licence     April 17, 2025

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Kodal Minerals plc 49 % Indirect
Hainan Group 51 % Indirect
Les Mines de Lithium de Bougouni SA (“LMLB”) (operator) 100 % Direct
The Bougouni Project is developed under the management of Kodal Mining UK Limited (KMUK), a joint venture where Hainan Group holds a 51% stake and Kodal Minerals plc owns the remaining 49%. KMUK's Malian subsidiary, Les Mines de Lithium de Bougouni SA (LMLB), has been established to hold the Bougouni mining licence and operate the mine.

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Deposit type

  • Pegmatite

Summary:

The Bougouni Lithium Project is located in the Birimiyan region of West Africa. The region consists of metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of Birimiyan age that are intruded by granitoids and spodumene-bearing pegmatite dikes and sills.

Pegmatite Hosted Lithium Deposits are the target for exploration.

The Bougouni Lithium project has the following deposits: Soghol-Baule, Boumu and the unexplored deposits of Kola and Bougouni-Pivdenny.

Surficial geology within the project area typically consists of indurated gravels forming plateaux, and broad depositional plains consisting of colluvium and alluvial to approximately 5m vertical depth. Lateritic weathering is common away from the Goulamina deposit and in the broader project area.

Most of the assays have confirmed the continuity and depth extension of the core pegmatite veins that mark the extension of the Boumou prospect. The drilling programme has also highlighted a fault zone that may control an offset of the pegmatite zone and highlight further exploration opportunities.

The spodumene (lithium) pegmatite mineralisation at Goulamina occurs as two, well defined, broadly parallel and highly continuous dykes; the Main Zone and West Zone. The Goulamina Mineral Resource area has dimensions of 625m (strike length) in two main dykes up to 70m (true width) and 200m (below surface). The maximum depth known to date for the deepest mineralisation is 160m below the surface.

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnitsAvg. Annual (Projected)
Lithium kt 125
All production numbers are expressed as oxide.

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