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Kenmare Resources guides for higher-grade material in H2

Kenmare Resources (LON:KMR), a London-listed producer of mineral sands in Mozambique has provided the production results for its first half of the year. Although the company confirmed it remains on track to achieve its full-year guidance, the total production of heavy mineral concentrate came in a bit light in the first semester as Kenmare was working through a zone of lower grade material (this…

Base Resources announces 171 million tonne resource at Kwale North Dune

Base Resources (ASX:BSE) has announced an updated resource estimate on the Kwale North Dune zone of its Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya. Base had been looking for satellite zones that could be mined in order to extend the useful mine life of Kwale, where the company has been focusing on the Central Dune, before moving over to the South Dune zone later this month.

Unfortunately this zone…

Base Resources confirms strong Toliara economics in PFS

Base Resources (ASX:BSE) has been quite active in Madagascar lately, and this has now resulted in the publication of a pre-feasibility study on the Toliara mineral sands project on the island.

The economic study calls for an initial capex of just US$439M to build a 13 million tonnes per year processing operation, which could be expanded to 19M tpa for an additional capex of just US$67M.…

Base Resources increases Ranobe resource by lowering the cut-off grade

Base Resources (ASX:BSE) has published an updated resource estimate at the Ranobe zone, which is a part of its Toliara mineral sands project. This project in Madagascar was acquired about a year ago, and Base Resources has been working hard to complete economic studies on this project as it’s aiming to bring it into production.

Base made the decision to reduce the cut-off grade from 3% heavy…