Modern Mining August 2022

concentrate, AfriTin is already in talks with key indus try players in the lithium inverter space. AfriTin’s growth aspirations As part of its five-year growth strategy, the company aims to enlarge its footprint in Namibia by expanding existing operations and adding mining locations both in-country and across Africa. In addition, revenue streams for multiple technology metals concentrates will be developed, expanding the current tin produc tion to include lithium and tungsten. Aside from investigating options to unlock oppor tunity from its B1/C1 Licence Area, which contains a primary lithium mineral accompanied by tin and tantalum mineralisation, AfriTin has an aggressive

exploration programme in place at its Brandberg West Exploration Licence, an historic open pit tin and tungsten mine, which was operated by gold miner Gold Fields from 1946 into the1980s. The Brandberg West operation, located 107 km from the Uis Mine, is a polymetallic deposit with pri mary tin and tungsten mineralisation and secondary copper mineralisation. “We have all the makings of becoming a signifi cant mid-tier mining company capable of identifying and developing assets of global significance to the world mining market,” concludes Viljoen. 

Above and left: Uis tin mine processing plant.

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