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Czech Republic
Chvaletice Project

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 Location:
72 km E from Prague, Czech Republic

  Project Contacts:
1500 - 1040 West Georgia Street
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
V6E 4H8
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Overview

StagePermitting
Mine TypeTailings
Commodities
  • Manganese
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Sulfuric acid (reagent)
  • Counter current decantation (CCD)
  • Concentrate leach
  • Magnetic separation
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Dissolving & Crystallising
Mine Life25 years (as of Jan 1, 2019)
Current permitting work is focused on producing a Final Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the Project.

Work on the Project’s definitive feasibility study is on track for completion in the first quarter of 2022.

Operation of the Demonstration Plant is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2022.

The Demonstration Plant is a 7-times scale up of the successful pilot plant that the Company operated in 2018. It is designed as a locked-cycle, semi-batch, manually operated system of interconnected modules that can be utilized as a circuit or as stand-alone components. The DP is intended to replicate the entire process flowsheet proposed in the Project’s 2019 Preliminary Economic Assessment. It will produce around 32 kg/day of high-purity electrolytic manganese metal ("HPEMM"), that can be converted into approximately 100 kg/day of dry crystalline high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate ("HPMSM").
Latest NewsEuro Manganese Announces Closing of C$8.5 Million Strategic Investment by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Will Host First Quarterly Investor Call Feb. 14     February 10, 2022


Owners

Source:
CompanyInterestOwnership
Euro Manganese Inc. 100 % Indirect
Mangan Chvaletice s.r.o. 100 % Direct
Euro Manganese Inc.’s (EMN) principal focus is advancing the evaluation and development of the Chvaletice Manganese Project, in which it holds a 100% interest through its Czech subsidiary, Mangan Chvaletice s.r.o.

Deposit Type

  • Tailings


Summary:

The mineralization found in tailings at the CMP has been deposited by manmade processes following grinding and flotation processes of black pyritic shale and is therefore not characteristic of a traditional manganese deposits. The material can be physically characterized as a compacted soil, with varying degrees of particle sizes from clay to coarse sand.

There is sorting of the flotation waste by grain size and weight, resulting from the sedimentation from the edge to the center of the tailings deposit (based on other tailing pond borehole sludge studies (Novotny et al. 1972). Subsequently, three zones of grain sizes in the tailing pond can result with:

- An outer zone of fine-grained sand and silty sand

- A central zone of alternating sandy laminae with the outer and inner zone types, and

- An inner zone comprised of silt to slightly clayey silt (finest material of all zones).

This zoning is typical for slurry tailings and results from sedimentation of deposited slurries; from fluctuation of water levels during decantation operations (removal of water) within the central zone, and a gentle slope (1.5%) leaving little to no water in the outer zone (Bateria Slany, Chapter 2 1989).

The Chvaletice bedrock deposits of iron and manganese mineralization constitutes one horizon in the metasedimentary stratigraphy with variable proportions of carbonate and silicate minerals occurring laterally from west to east. Through mineral processing during historical mining operations, these minerals have been reduced in size and partially blended by grinding and flotation processes.

Through depositionary processes, these mineral particles were distributed throughout the tailings facilities by sedimentation from suspension in a tailings slurry. Thin beds of sediment will have been deposited laterally with a gradation from coarse to fine particles away from the point of deposition. It is then interpreted that grain size and moisture content may have more similarity with materials in a vertical sense and have more variability in a lateral sense. Whereas, mineral and grade distribution, being related more to the process rather than deposition, is interpreted to have more similarity with materials in a lateral sense and less direct similarity with materials in a vertical sense. However, a relationship exists between elevated manganese grade with coarser particle size.

Met-Solve completed x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM)-energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analyses on behalf of EMN in 2015 using the samples collected from test pits in 2015. The analysis identified the main manganese bearing minerals were rhodochrosite (MnCO3), and kutnohorite (Ca(Mn2+ , Mg, Fe2+)(CO3)2) which forms a series with dolomite and ankerite. These were classified as the principle manganese (Mn)-carbonate minerals. Additionally, the presence of trace quantities of manganese- silicates such as sursassite (a manganese bearing sorosilicate), and oxides such as pyrolusite (a manganese dioxide (MnO2) and kurchatovite (calcium-magnesium-manganese-iron borate (Ca(Mg, Mn, Fe2+)B2O5) were identified. Pyrite was noted to be the primary form of sulphide mineral, with concentrations in the samples between 5 to 9%. Gangue mineralogy consists of primarily quartz with moderate amounts of plagioclase, feldspars, micas, and apatite. Low concentrations (less than 5%) of kaolinite clay mineral was identified.

Further mineralogy work conducted on a bulk sample by CRIMM on behalf of EMN in 2017, concluded that manganese occurs with variable proportions of iron, calcium, and magnesium with carbonate to form a wide variety of manganese bearing carbonates from the rhodochrosite-siderite-dolomite-calcite spectrum. The work concluded that 80% of the manganese occurred as carbonate and 19% of the manganese occurred as silicate. High concentrations of iron and phosphorus were identified in the gangue minerals which were contained predominantly in pyrite and apatite, respectively.

Whole rock lithogeochemical analysis conducted on Sonic drill samples collected during the 2017 program measured total sulphur concentration in the tailings with an average of approximately 3.1% which is sourced form sulphide, sulphate and organic origin. Total carbon concentrations averages approximately 3.4%, which includes contributions from graphite, organic and carbonate origin.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

Milos et al. (2018) conducted a comparative evaluation of various tailings extraction and transportation methods. The methods evaluated include excavators and trucks, hydromonitoring, conveyors, and pipelines for transport. The following points have been extracted from Milos et al. (2018) on the benefits of the use of excavators and dump trucks for tailings extraction:

- Transport by dump trucks provides flexibility and enables operational increase in or decrease of the mined tonnage.

- Breakdown is easily solved by using back-up capacity of dump trucks or by sub-contractor, at extraction operation or at rehabilitation.

- Dump trucks are used for both, tailings extraction and rehabilitation.

- Tailings extraction is very flexible as an excavator along with the dump truck fleet can be moved operatively according to head grade requirements.

- Dry ore and dry tailings stockpiles require smaller areas and capacity may be temporarily increased by stockpiling ore at the mine site.

- More economic water management, water remains in the processing plant, contamination of the tailings extraction operation and the rehabilitation area is limited.

The use of excavators and dump trucks to extract and transport the tailings to the mill is the selected method.

Tailings extraction using excavators and trucks will take place in 5 m high benches, with berms a minimum of 20 m wide, and bench faces angled back to 45° to ensure stability during the tailings extraction. Milos et al. (2018) completed geotechnical evaluations and in accordance with Czech legislation established that benches must have a minimum safety factor of 1.1.


Crushing and Grinding
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Processing

  • Sulfuric acid (reagent)
  • Counter current decantation (CCD)
  • Concentrate leach
  • Magnetic separation
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Dissolving & Crystallising

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Summary:

The CMP process plant is designed to have a 25-year project life at a nominal production rate of 48,000 t/a of HPEMM by extracting approximately 1.1 Mt/a of the CMP tailings. Two-thirds of the annual HPEMM flake production is expected to be converted into approximately 100,000 t/a of HPMSM. HPEMM product containing greater than 99.9% manganese is expected to be sold as flakes and powders and is planned to be produced without the use of selenium and chromium. The CMP HPMSM product will be designed to contain no less than 99.9% MSM, a minimum of 32.34% manganese, and will be sold in powder form, produced without the use of fluorine. The proposed process flowsheet was developed based on the various test results, including a comprehensive testwork program with semi-continuous pilot plant testing. The flowsheet includes following key process circuits:

- CMP tailings pulping

- Wet magnetic separation to upgrade the leach feed from 7.33% tMn to approximately 15% tMn and ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameterAvg. LOM
Manganese Recovery Rate, % 60.3
Manganese Head Grade, % 7.33
Manganese Concentrate Grade, % 99.9

Projected Production:

CommodityProductUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Manganese Electrolytic metal t 404,140
Manganese Payable metal t 1,164,814
Manganese Sulphate t 100,0002,345,000

Operational Metrics:

Metrics
Annual production capacity 50,000 t of manganese electrolytic metal *
Tonnes processed 26,828 kt *
Annual processing rate 1.1 Mt *
* According to 2019 study.

Reserves at December 8, 2018:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGrade
Measured 26,496 kt Manganese 7.32 %
Indicated 464 kt Manganese 7.85 %
Measured & Indicated 26,960 kt Manganese 7.33 %

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnitsAverage
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Assumed price Manganese USD  ......  Subscription required *
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† Net of By-Product.
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Operating Costs:

Units2019
OP mining costs ($/t mined) USD 2.02 *
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* According to 2019 study.
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2019 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

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OP OpEx $M USD  ......  Subscription required
Processing OpEx $M USD 2,420
Site services costs $M USD 82
G&A costs $M USD 135.3
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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of January 29, 2019:
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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News:

NewsDate
Euro Manganese Announces Closing of C$8.5 Million Strategic Investment by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Will Host First Quarterly Investor Call Feb. 14 February 10, 2022
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Invest $8.5 Million in Euro Manganese January 3, 2022
Euro Manganese Secures Extension of Chvaletice Development Rights to 2026 July 20, 2021
Euro Manganese provides update on Chvaletice Manganese Project May 23, 2021
Euro Manganese Inc.: Chvaletice Manganese Project Moves to Next Stage of Permitting Process January 14, 2021
Euro Manganese Orders High-Purity Manganese Products Demonstration Plant for Delivery in Summer of 2021 and Provides Update November 18, 2020
Euro Manganese Makes Final Payment in the Acquisition of the Chvaletice Manganese Project May 14, 2020
Euro Manganese Receives Significant Environmental Ruling March 31, 2020
Euro Manganese Announces PEA Results for Chvaletice Manganese Project with an after-tax Net Present Value of US$593 Million January 30, 2019

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