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Botswana
Mowana Mine

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212km SW from Bulawayo, Botswana

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Overview

StatusTemporary Suspension
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life14 years (as of Jan 1, 2018)
The operation was suspended in 2015, and restarted again in 2017. By the end of 2018, the mine had once again been suspended pending resolution of funding issues.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
ZCI Ltd. 40 % Indirect
Cradle Arc Plc. 60 % Indirect
Leboam Holdings (Pty) Ltd. 100 % Direct
Leobam Holdings operated the copper producer Mowana Mine from April 2017 until December 2018 after it revived it from yet another liquidation dating back to 2015.

Cradle Arc Plc. owns a 60% stake in Leboam Holdings Proprietary Limited, and the remaining 40% of the ordinary shares are owned by ZCI Ltd.

In 2018, Leboam Holdings ran into financial difficulties and was unable to pay its debts.

Following a meeting of creditors of Leboam held on the 25th of February 2019, pursuant to the Provisional Order, the Botswana High Court issued a Final Judicial Management Order for Leboam (the “Final Order”). The Final Order became effective on 28 February 2018 and accordingly, subject to the supervision of the Botswana High Court, Leboam was placed under Judicial Management.

The Judicial Management of Leboam remains ongoing at present. Discussions on restructuring of Leboam Holdings, a company that operates the mine are currently ongoing between creditors.

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Deposit Type

  • Breccia pipe / Stockwork
  • Vein / narrow vein
  • Epithermal


Summary:

The Mowana Copper Project is hosted within north-northeast striking, steeply east dipping carbonaceous and argillaceous metasediments of the Matsitama Metasedimentary Group which are enclosed within foliated granitoids of the Mosetse Complex.

Hypogene sulphide mineralisation occurs within sub-vertical epithermal quartz-calcite vein breccias containing predominantly chalcopyrite + pyrite ± galena and sphalerite mineralisation. Hypogene mineralisation is capped by secondary oxide and supergene copper enrichment up to depths of approximately 50m and 150m below surface respectively. This in turn is overlain by Phanerozoic Karoo Supergroup siltstones, conglomerates and local tillite over the north and west areas of the deposit with depths varying from 1 to 90m. Regolith cover over the southern extent of the deposit generally consists of shallow (1 - 3m) clay rich black soils.

The metasediments hosting the deposit occur parallel to and within the northern extent of the 200km long north-northeast trending regional Bushman lineament exhibiting thicknesses variable between 200 to 400m mostly due to large scale pinch and swell amplitudes of up to 600m. However, the contact between the footwall sediments and the western granitoid has not been intersected in any of the historical or recent drilling.

Four deformation periods have been interpreted within the project area, the strongest and most significant with regards to veining and mineralisation being th ........


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The production rate of the Mowana Mine is planned at 1.2Mtpa.


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Production:

CommodityProductUnits2014
Copper Metal in concentrate t 9,951 *
Copper Concentrate kt 43*
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* Combined production for Mowana Mine and Thakadu Mine

Operational Metrics:

Metrics20222017
Annual milling capacity 1.2 Mt
Tonnes processed
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Reserves at February 26, 2018:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 12,435 kt Copper 1.27 % 157.7 kt
Probable 19,374 kt Copper 1.1 % 213.1 kt
Proven & Probable 31,809 kt Copper 1.17 % 370.8 kt
Measured 15,076 kt Copper 1.32 % 199 kt
Indicated 39,646 kt Copper 1.11 % 441 kt
Measured & Indicated 54,722 kt Copper 1.17 % 640 kt
Inferred 20,307 kt Copper 1.08 % 220 kt



Heavy Mobile Equipment as of August 1, 2017:
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Truck (water) 4755.1 gallons ....................... Subscription required
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Corporate Presentation 2018
Annual Report 2017
Other 2017
Technical Report 2017
Annual Report 2014
Annual Report 2013
Annual Information Form 2011
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