IPolymetal isandula ukubhengeza ukuba iTomtor niobium kunye nediphozithi yesinyithi yomhlaba enqabileyo kwiMpuma Ekude inokuba yenye yezona zinto zithathu zinqabileyo zomhlaba.Inkampani ibamba inani elincinci lezabelo kwiprojekthi.
I-Tomtor yeyona projekthi iRashiya iceba ukwandisa ukuveliswa kweentsimbi ezinqabileyo zomhlaba.Umhlaba onqabileyo usetyenziswa kwishishini lokhuselo kunye nokuveliswa kweefowuni eziphathwayo kunye nezithuthi zombane.
"Isikali sikaThomtor kunye nebakala liqinisekisa ukuba umgodi ungomnye we-niobium enkulu kunye neediphozithi ezinqabileyo zomhlaba," kusho i-CEO yePolymetals u-Vitaly Nesis kwisibhengezo.
I-Polymetal ngumvelisi omkhulu wegolide kunye nesilivere, ebambe i-9.1% ye-stake kwi-ThreeArc Mining Ltd, ephuhlise iprojekthi.Umntakwabo kaVitali, usomashishini waseRashiya u-Alexander Nesis, ubambe ininzi kwiprojekthi kunye nenkampani yepolymetal.
Arcs ezintathu ngoku sele iqalisile ukulungiselela uphononongo lwenkxaso mali yeprojekthi, nangona kunzima ukufumana iimvume ezithile kurhulumente Russian, kwaye uyilo isajongene nemingeni ngenxa yokulibaziseka ubhubhane, Polymetal uthe.
Ukuchaphazeleka ngubhubhane, iprojekthi yeTomtor ilibazisekile kwiinyanga ezi-6 ukuya kwezi-9, inkampani yezemigodi yesilivere yathi ngoJanuwari.Ngaphambili bekulindeleke ukuba le projekthi iqalise ukusebenza ngo-2025, ngemveliso yonyaka yeetoni eziyi-160,000 zentsimbi ekrwada.
Uqikelelo lokuqala lubonisa ukuba oovimba beTomtor abahlangabezana neemfuno zeKomiti ye-Australian Joint Ore Reserves (i-JORC) ziitoni ezingama-700,000 ze-niobium oxide kunye ne-1.7 yezigidi zeetoni zeeoksidi zomhlaba ezinqabileyo.
IMount Weld yaseAustralia (MT Weld) kunye neGreenland's Kvanefjeld (Kvanefjeld) zezinye iidipozithi ezinkulu ezimbini ezinqabileyo zomhlaba.