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South Africa
Tormin Mine

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 Location:
360 km N from Cape Town, South Africa

  Address:
Tormin Mine Schaapvlei Road
Lutzville
South Africa
8165
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Heavy Minerals
  • Zircon
  • Garnet
  • Ilmenite
  • Rutile
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life25 years (as of Jan 1, 2022)
The Tormin Mineral Sands Operation consists of a number of high-grade placer beach and strandline mineral sands deposits hosting some of the richest grades in the world of naturally occurring zircon, ilmenite, rutile, magnetite and garnet.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
BEE 21 % Indirect
Mineral Commodities Ltd 69 % Indirect
Mineral Sands Resources (Pty) Ltd (“MSR”) owns 100% of the Tormin Mineral Sands Operation in the Western Cape, South Africa.

On April 12, 2023, Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC) increased its interest in MSR from 50% to 69%.

Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC) develops and operates the project via its 100% owned subsidiary MRC Resources Pty Ltd (“MRCR”).

Ownership after completion of the transition:
69% MRC, via its subsidiary MRCR;
21% B-BBEE Shareholders;
5% employees (entity to be established); and
5% equivalent benefit to local community (entity to be established).

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Deposit Type

  • Mineral sands


Summary:

The western coastal plain of South Africa contains a significant resource of detrital heavy minerals by world standards.

Tormin Beaches
Deposit is a heavy mineral sand deposit located on an active placer beach strandline undergoing continues erosion, deposition and replenishment from oceanic storm and wave activity.

Mineralisation is enriched sedimentary layers semiparallel to the bedrock contact and beach slope angle.

Dimensions
The deposit has a strike length along the coastline of approximately 10,000m with individual beaches generally separated by rocky headlands/rocky beaches which cannot be mined. The deposits have an average width from the cliffs to within the surf zone of 60m. The mining width varies from 20-60m and averages about 35m. The deposit is developed from surface to a maximum depth of 4m. The deposit occurs from the surface down.

Northern Beaches
Deposit is a heavy mineral sand deposit located on an active placer beach strandline undergoing continues erosion, deposition and replenishment from oceanic storm and wave activity.

Most of the deposit is constrained shoreward by the low water mark with a 10m standoff and landward by a 10m standoff from cliffs and dunes. The exception to this is 680k of resource from Beach 10 which is located under dunes.

Mineralisation is enriched sedimentary layers semiparallel to the bedrock contact and beach slope angle.

Dimensions
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Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

Tormin Mineral Sands Operation consists of a number of high-grade placer beach and strandline mineral sands deposits hosting some of the richest grades in the world of naturally occurring zircon, ilmenite, rutile, magnetite and garnet.

Current Beaches
Operations first commenced at Tormin in late 2013 at the Current Beaches and over a six year period, the Company has mined nearly five times the Indicated Resource of 2.7 million tonnes.

Since commissioning, mining at Tormin has taken place over a 12 kilometre zone of beach area (“Current Beaches”) directly in front of the existing processing infrastructure.

Northern Beaches
In July 2020, Mineral Commodities was granted an amendment to the existing Mining Right under Section 102 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act No. 49 of 2008 (“S102 Mining Right”). Under the amended licence, mining operations can expand to include the higher grade Northern Beaches where a high grade JORC compliant resource of 2.5 million tonnes at 23.5% Total Heavy Mineral (“THM”) in the category of Measured, Indicated and Inferred using a 2% cut-off was reported in May 2020.

The Northern Beaches incorporate ten beaches directly north of and adjoining the Current Beaches at Tormin. These areas unite semi-continuous tenements approximately 23.5km in length, covering an area of 398 hectares of beach sands prospective for zircon, rutile, ilmenite, garnet, leucoxene and magnetite. Like the C ........


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Processing

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Production:
In 2021 Mineral Commodities produced 13,677 dmt of zircon/rutile concentrate wich grades 72.1% of zircon and 19.1% of rutile. In 2021 mineral processing recoveries from the PBCs remained strong and in line with 2020 recoveries.

CommodityUnits2022202120202019
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Garnet kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Ilmenite kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Rutile kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics2022202120202019
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,367,851 dmt2,509,978 dmt
Waste  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required460,461 dmt
Total tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,828,312 dmt2,509,978 dmt
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,764,050 dmt2,989,814 dmt
Annual processing capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2.6 Mt
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Reserves at December 31, 2022:
Total Mineral Resources for Tormin Beaches, Northern Beaches, Western Strandline Deposits, and Eastern Strandline Deposit - 2% THM cut-off grade.

The Ore Reserves of Heavy Mineral Sands are reported for the Western Strandline Deposit. Ore Reserve of 60.3 million tonnes at 3.7% VHM2 (14.7% THM3) containing 2.21 million tonnes of heavy mineral.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 21.5 Mt Heavy Minerals 21 %
Probable 38.8 Mt Heavy Minerals 11.2 %
Proven & Probable 60.3 Mt Heavy Minerals 14.7 %
Total Resource 216.47 Mt Heavy Minerals 9.05 % 19.58 Mt
Total Resource 19.58 Mt Zircon 2.5 %
Total Resource 19.58 Mt Garnet 43.6 %
Total Resource 19.58 Mt Ilmenite 5.4 %
Total Resource 19.58 Mt Rutile 1.3 %

Financials:

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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of April 5, 2023:
HME TypeModelSize
Excavator 70 t
Truck (dump) ....................... Subscription required 45 t
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Press Release 2023
Press Release 2023
Press Release 2023
Annual Report 2022
Corporate Presentation 2022
Quarterly Report 2022
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2022
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Annual Report 2017
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