Our Base Minerals Joint Venture Operations


KAMATIVI TAILINGS COMPANY

Project Description

Consumated in 2018 this is a joint venture between ZMDC and Lintmar Mining (Pvt) Ltd. This Joint Venture is for the extraction of Lithium ore and onsite processing, value addition and beneficiation. Other resources under the same project include Tin and Tantalite.

Location 

The project is located in the Hwange district in Matabeleland North province. It's located at Kamativi Mine near Kamativi town in western Zimbabwe.

Project Operational Status

This project is currently at preproduction stage. Feasibilty assessments have been carried out, pilot plant has been established and full operational infrastructure is still being installed. The operation is expected to commence in 2021 following a prolonged period of non-operation on account of the then adverse macro economic environment.


KAMATIVI MINING COMPANY

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This is a joint venture between ZMDC and PD Times, whose primary focus is on the exploration, extraction and processing of Tin and Tantalite ore. Other resources under the same project include Lithium.

Location

The Mine is located some 300 kilometres North-West of Bulawayo in the Kamativi Pegmatite Belt, Zimbabwe. Access to the mine from Bulawayo is via a wide tarred highway (Bulawayo/Victoria Falls) up to the 270 kilometre peg at Dete.

Project Description

Consumated in 2019 this is a joint venture between ZMDC and Lintmar Mining (Pvt) Ltd. This Joint Venture is for the extraction of Lithium ore and onsite processing, value addition and beneficiation. Other resources under the same project include Tin and Tantalite.

Location 

The project is located in the Hwange district in Matabeleland North province. It's located at Kamativi Mine near Kamativi town in western Zimbabwe.

Project Operational Status

This project is currently at preproduction stage. Feasibilty assessments have been carried out, pilot plant has been established and full operational infrastructure is still being installed. The operation is expected to commence in 2021 following a prolonged period of non-operation on account of the then adverse macro economic environment.


SANYATI COPPER MINING & PROCESSING (PROPOSED JOINT VENTURE)

Project Description

Sanyati copper mines is a 100% owned subsidiary company of the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC). ZMDC is still in the process of securing a Joint Venture partner to run operations at the mine.

Location

The mine is situated about 115 kilometers South West of Chinhoyi town, Zimbabwe. Access to mine is through gravel roads either from Kadoma or Chinhoyi.

Project Operational Status

The mine is currently not operating following its closure in 1995 due to low productivity and commodity price. 


                 ELBAS Lead Mining & Processing                      (Proposed Joint Venture)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION 

Elbas has six (6) lead claims 100% owned by Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC). The claims are 25ha each of mainly lead and other minerals. The claims require exploration to quantify the resource. This resource has been earmarked for Joint Venture and is currently undergoing prospective investor engagement. 

Location 

The blocks are located 17km west of Dete cross roads off Inyantue river or south of Hwange Colliery in Matabeleland North Province.

Project Operational Status

ELBAS is a greenfield project that is destined to become a large multi element base metal producer with pervasive Lead, Copper and Zinc mineralization over significant mineable widths which would sustain a significant open pittable situation