The Project is located within the rocks of the Proterozoic Mozambique Orogenic Belt that extends throughout eastern Africa. It consists of high-grade mid-crustal rocks with a Neoproterozoic metamorphic overprint. The Mozambique Belt is divided into the Western Granulite and the Eastern Granulite. The two granulites are separated by flat-lying thrust zones and younger sedimentary basins of the Karoo.

The belt has undergone granulite phase metamorphism that has been subsequently retrograded to upper amphibolite facies. Structurally, the Mahenge region has undergone intense deformation forming a tight poly-phase sequence of marble, mafic and felsic gneisses and graphitic schists as part of the km-scale Mahenge Synform. The Mineral Resources are located on the western flank of the synform where the bedding and foliation dip between 60° and 80° towards the east. The units typically strike to the north and rotate to the northeast as they wrap around the fold nose.

The deposit type is described as schist hosted flaky graphite. The mineralisation is hosted within upper amphibolite facies gneiss of the Mozambique Mobile Belt.

Over 95% of the exposures within the tenement comprise 3 main rock types that include alternating sequences of:
• Graphitic schist – feldspar and quartz rich varieties.
• Marble and, • Biotite and hornblende granulites.
• Less common rock types include quartzite.

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The Project will be an open pit mining operation based on mining the Ulanzi, Cascade and Epanko deposits using a conventional truck and shovel operation. Mining commences at Ulanzi in Year 0 followed by Cascade in Year 2. In the early periods, widely available 20-tonne (t) rear tipper trucks will be matched to 45 t class excavators for site establishment and pioneering works. After Year 1, once sufficient workspace is established, and pit development has matured, the mining fleet will be upgraded to a larger 50 t class articulated dump trucks and 90 t class excavators to increase mine productivity and attain economies of scale. In additional to mining, the mining fleet will be required to undertake mill residue handling and ore stockpile rehandling activities on a campaign and as required basis.

An owner operator mining approach including drill and blast and pit dewatering, is adopted for the LOM study. Blast consumables will be sourced from a reliable and reputable supplier. Mine assay samples will be sent to the onsite laboratory for analysis and enable a quick turnaround for results. This follows the outcome of a vendor capability and capacity study conducted for a range of equipment suppliers and service providers during the DFS.

Initial waste rock generated from pre-stripping and mining is to be used for constructing key infrastructure such as upgrading the haul road to the Ulanzi processing plant, run of mine (ROM) pad construction, causeway constr ........

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