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Tajiri Project

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StagePermitting
Commodities
  • Heavy Minerals
  • Ilmenite
  • Zircon
  • Leucoxene
  • Rutile
  • Garnet
Mining Method
  • Hydraulic mining
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotMarch 22, 2022 - Strandline has received the Environmental Certificate for its world-scale Tajiri mineral sands mining project in northern Tanzania.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Government of Tanzania 16 % Indirect
Strandline Resources Ltd. 84 % Indirect
Jacana Resources Ltd (operator) 100 % Direct
On Manch 28, 2022, Strandline and the Tanzanian Government completed formation of JV company, Nyati Mineral Sands Limited (Nyati), which now holds all Strandline’s Tanzanian mineral sands assets, including the advanced Fungoni and Tajiri Projects.

Under the agreement, the government takes a 16% interest in Strandline's project subsidiary Jacana Resources (Tanzania) Ltd. as a non-dilutable, free-carried interest, with Strandline holds the remaining 84%.

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Deposit type

  • Placer
  • Mineral sands

Summary:

Tajiri Resources comprise a series of higher-grade mineral sands deposits stretching along 30kms of Tanzanian coastline, including T1, T2, T3, T4, TC, Tajiri North and Vumbi deposits

- Tajiri JORC-compliant Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) of 268Mt @ 3.3% THM
- Tajiri Resources have been defined through a series of air core drilling campaigns
- All resources start from surface, with no overburden and contain large coherent higher-grade domains comprising mostly high-value titanium-dominated mineral assemblage, with elevated zones of zircon and almandine garnet
- Contained Heavy Mineral (HM) content is 8.8Mt, with in-situ rutile (580,000t), zircon (335,000t), ilmenite (5,206,000t) and almandine garnet (1,477,000t)
- The MRE was managed by IHC Robbins’ Greg Jones, a specialist consultant in mineral sands resources, metallurgy and processing technology (refer to Competent Person statement)
- The Tajiri MRE is likely to continue to grow over time with high grade resources remaining open

Two types of heavy mineral placer style deposits are possible in Tanzania
1. Thin but high grade strandlines which may be related to marine or fluvial influences
2. Large but lower grade deposits related to windblown sands The coastline of Tanzania is not well known for massive dunal systems such as those developed in Mozambique, however some dunes are known to occur and cannot be discounted as an exploration model. Palaeo strandlines are more likely and will be related to fossil shorelines or terraces in a marine or fluvial setting. In Tanzania three terraces have been documented and include the Mtoni terrace (1-5m ASL), Tanga (20-40m ASL) and Sakura Terrace (40 to 60m ASL). Strandline mineral sand accumulations related to massive storm events are thought to be preserved at these terraces above the current sea level.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Production

CommodityProductUnitsAvg. Annual
Heavy Minerals Concentrate kt 261
Ilmenite TiO2 kt 150
Zircon Concentrate kt 61
HiTi (rutile-leucoxene) TiO2 kt 16

Operational metrics

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Production Costs

CommodityUnitsAverage
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Heavy Minerals USD  ....  Subscribe
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Assumed price Sulphate Ilmenite USD  ....  Subscribe
Assumed price Chloride Ilmenite USD  ....  Subscribe
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* According to 2020 study / presentation.
** Net of By-Product.

Operating Costs

Currency2020
OP mining costs ($/t mined) USD 31.6 *  
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* According to 2020 study.

Project Costs

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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