Summary

Mine Type	Open Pit
Study Completed	Feasibility
Stage	Restarting
Commodities	Gold
Mining Method	Truck & Shovel / Loader
Mine Life	...
Snapshot	Namoya Mine was put on care and maintenance on June 1th 2020. Shomka Resources Ltd. decided to restart operations at the Namoya Mine using the existing infrastructure. The Namoya Project is made up of six deposits, namely the Mwendamboko, Muviringu, Kakula, Namoya Summit, Seketi and Kangurube. An exploration program is to be started to identify new oxide resources and reserves adjacent to or in the vicinity of the six (6) existing pits. This is to extend the economic life of the mine based on the existing processing plant configuration taking into account technical limitations.

Deposit type

• Breccia pipe / Stockwork
• Vein / narrow vein

Summary:

The Namoya deposit includes the Kakula, Kangurube, Muviringu, Mwendamboko, Seketi and Summit deposits.

The Namoya Project lies on the western edge of the Kibaran Mobile Belt (KMB). The KMB is an intercontinental mobile belt which was formed during the Mesoproterozoic between 1.4Ga and 0.9Ga when the supercontinent Rodinia was formed. The KMB is also known as a metallogenic province.

The Namoya Project, even though segmented into separate prospects, boasts one type of gold mineralisation style. The following deposit characteristics have been noted:-
-gold mineralisation hosted within quartz veins and quartz stockworks, striking in a northwestsoutheast direction;

- prevalence of tourmaline crystals within the quartz veins;

- deformation structures within the quartz veins, resulting in irregular sheets, nested vein sets, ladder veins and micro-veinlets, characteristic of shearing;

- no granitic intrusions in the immediate area of the Namoya orebody (as a possible source of tourmaline) although quartz porphyry intrusions have been intersected by drill holes at Namoya Summit and Muviringu signifying potential for a deep seated granitic body; and

- sericite/chlorite schists, sometimes with carbonates, indicative of a magmatic and hydrothermal processes.

The deposit characteristics are typical of the intrusion-related, tungsten/tin-associated type. This class of magmatic-hydrothermal deposits occurs within magmatic provinces best known for tungsten and/or tin mineralization. This type of deposit contains a metal suite that includes some combination of bismuth, tungsten, arsenic, tin, molybdenum, tellurium and antimony and contrasts with that found in more widely-developed goldrich porphyry copper deposits.

Mining Methods

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Comminution

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Processing

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Commodity Production

Commodity	Units	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	LOM
Gold	koz	....	25	37	69	93	506

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