Overview

Mine Type	Open Pit
Stage	Permitting
Commodities	Heavy Minerals Ilmenite Zircon Leucoxene Rutile Garnet
Mining Method	Hydraulic mining
Mine Life	...
Snapshot	The Tajiri Mineral Sands Project in Tanzania, with a substantial titanium-rich resource base, is positioned for long-term production over 23 years at a mining rate of 8 million tonnes per year. Utilizing cost-effective hydraulic mining and conventional processing methods, Tajiri will produce ilmenite, HiTi, zircon, monazite, and garnet concentrates. Located 35 km south of Tanga Port, the project has the potential for further development through upcoming feasibility studies. On 26 March 2024, the Tanzanian government grants a mining license for the Tajiri mineral sands project.

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.

Mining Methods

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Comminution

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Production

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Personnel

Job Title	Name	Profile	Ref. Date
.......................	.......................		Oct 7, 2020

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