I-Polymetal isandula ukwazisa ukuba i-Tomtor niobium kunye ne-rare earth metal deposits kwiMpuma Ekude zinokuba yenye yezona zintathu zinkulu emhlabeni. Le nkampani inenani elincinci lezabelo kule projekthi.
I-Tomtor yeyona projekthi iphambili iRashiya eceba ukuyikhulisa imveliso yeentsimbi zomhlaba ezinqabileyo. Ii-Rare earths zisetyenziswa kushishino lokhuselo kunye nemveliso yeefowuni eziphathwayo kunye nezithuthi zombane.
“Isikali sikaThomtor kunye nomgangatho wakhe ziqinisekisa ukuba lo mgodi ungomnye weyona mijelo mikhulu ye-niobium kunye nomhlaba onqabileyo emhlabeni,” utshilo umphathi wePolymetals uVitaly Nesis kwisibhengezo.
I-Polymetal yinkampani enkulu yegolide nesilivere, inesabelo se-9.1% kwi-ThreeArc Mining Ltd, eyaphuhlisa le projekthi. Umntakwabo Vitali, usomashishini waseRashiya uAlexander Nesis, unesabelo esikhulu kule projekthi nakwinkampani ye-polymetal.
I-Three Arcs ngoku iqalile ukulungiselela uphando lokuxhasa ngemali le projekthi, nangona kunzima ukufumana iimvume ezithile kurhulumente waseRashiya, kwaye uyilo lusajongene nemingeni ngenxa yokulibaziseka kobhubhane, utshilo uPolymetal.
Inkampani yezemigodi yesilivere yathi ngoJanuwari, iprojekthi yeTomtor, ichaphazeleke yintsholongwane, ilibaziseke kangangeenyanga ezi-6 ukuya kwezi-9. Kwakulindelwe ukuba le projekthi iqalise ukusebenza ngo-2025, ngemveliso yonyaka yeetoni ezili-160,000 zesinyithi.
Uqikelelo lokuqala lubonisa ukuba iindawo ezigciniweyo zeTomtor ezihlangabezana neemfuno zeKomiti yoLondolozo lweNgcambu edibeneyo yase-Australia (i-JORC) ziitoni ezingama-700,000 ze-niobium oxide kunye neetoni ezili-1.7 lezigidi zee-oxides zomhlaba ongaqhelekanga.
INtaba iWeld (MT Weld) yase-Australia kunye neKvanefjeld (Kvanefjeld) yaseGreenland zezinye iindawo ezimbini ezinkulu ezinqabileyo zomhlaba.