Kwale Mineral Sands Project
The Kwale Mineral Sands project is located approximately 40km south of Mombasa. Kwale Mineral Sands is a project at an advanced-stage of development, located in Kenya, approximately 40km south of Mombasa. The project is owned and operated by Base Resources, which acquired it from Vaaldiam Mining in August 2010.
Kenya's $100 billion hidden mineral deposits
Mrima Hill, in the coastal county of Kwale, has one of the top five rare earth deposits in the world. The area also has niobium deposits estimated to be worth $35 …
Base Titanium Kwale to expand mining operations to Lamu …
PHOTO~ COURTESY. Mining company Base Titanium in Kwale County is now eyeing to expand its operations to Lamu County. This comes as its mining licence expires later in 2024. According to the company's General Manager for External Affairs Simon Wall, already there are three prospecting licence applications underway eyeing …
(PDF) Resource conflict in Kenya's titanium mining industry: …
The displacement of over 3000 residents in Kwale, Kenya to make way for the mining of titanium has raised serious concerns over indigenous resource ownership and control in Kenya's mining ...
Siyanda Bakgatla Platinum Mine | LEADING THE …
Exceeding Expectations . Siyanda Bakgatla Platinum Mine (Pty) Ltd (Union Mine) is a PGM Producing Mine located in Swartklip, in the Province of Limpopo, the Republic of South Africa. The Mine was acquired from …
New study extends Kwale mine life
PERTH (miningweekly) – A prefeasibility study (PFS) into the Bumamani and Kwale North Dune deposits has confirmed that the mine life at the Kwale mineral …
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Proposed Titanium Mining Project
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Proposed Titanium Mining Project in Kwale District, Kenya. J. O. Z. Abuodha. Pages 199-207 | Published online: 30 Nov 2010. ... Kenya Titanium Minerals Ltd., is proposing to develop a titanium sands mine and mineral processing plants which will produce high grades of heavy minerals …
Base Resource's Kwale on track to achieve FY,2021 production
Kwale Operations maintained operational continuity in the period, adapting successfully for the ongoing COVID-19 challenge, and is on track to achieve FY21 production guidance. ... "Progress towards Kwale mine life extension remains a priority with the North Dune pre-feasibility study nearing completion and the recent resumption of our …
Kwale bids farewell to mines as Base Titanium prepares for exit
Hope for Kwale mining after Ruto cabinet reverses Uhuru order Oct 05 - 3 min read. Base Titanium Limited, based in Msambweni Constituency, has so far managed to turn most of what would have been ...
Pacific Wildcat Resources Corp.: initial niobium resource
Pacific Wildcat Resources announced the initial NI 43-101 compliant independent Niobium mineral resource estimate report for the Mrima Hill Niobium and Rare Earth Project in Kenya. The Niobium ...
Company Overview & Information
In 2021 and 2022, tenure granted to allow mining of the South Dune extension, Kwale North and Bumamani reserves taking the mine-life through to late 2024. Base Titanium Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Australian and UK-listed resources company, Base Resources Limited (ASX and AIM: BSE).
Mining impact on communities' livelihoods: A case study …
Mining has been blamed globally for harmful and impoverishing effects. ... titanium mining in Kwale, Kenya. Extr In Soc 3: 485-493 ... Spiegel S (2019) Traditional leaders and the politics of labor recruitment in Zimbabwe's platinum mining industry. Extr In Soc 6: 1274-1281. [39] Kemp D, Owen R (2019) Characterizing the interface between …
Base Resources ditches Kwale North Dunes project in favour of mining
However, the company had started a new assessment that would look into mining a smaller footprint – "a higher grade subset" – of North Dunes, it said. This assessment would be completed by mid-2021. In addition to Kwale, Base Resources is hoping to develop the Toliara deposit which is situated in Madagascar.
Kwale Mining Operation in Kenya | Base Resources
Base Resources owns and operates the Kwale mineral sands mine in Kenya, which commenced production in late 2013. The Kwale Operation features a high grade ore body with a high value mineral assemblage, rich in rutile. Mining initially commenced on the Central Dune orebody before transitioning to the South Dune orebody in June 2019 and …
Companies to be granted licences to mine in Kilifi, Kwale
3718. Nairobi,KENYA: Two companies that had applied for mining licenses in Kilifi and Kwale counties are set to be granted licenses. This is according to a gazette notice by the outgoing Mining CS Dan Kazungu which says that the application for the two companies was under consideration. "Any objection to the grant of the prospecting …
Good news for Base Resources' Toliara project in Madagascar
Good news for Base Resources' Toliara project in Madagascar. By Mining Review Africa. August 22, 2022. Base Resources has presented its results for the year ended 30 June 2022, with higher prices for all products supporting record results, including EBITDA of US$158.7 million and a revenue to cost of sales ratio (operating margin) of …
How Treasury is reaping big from Kwale titanium mine
The mining of titanium in Kwale County has turned out to be the most profitable extractive venture in Kenya's history. The project, initially on shaky ground amid delays, investor pull-out...
The Kwale Mineral Sands Operator
Operating Kenya's largest mine. Base Titanium owns and manages Kwale Operation, a high grade mineral sands mine, located 50 kilometres south of Mombasa. Learn more …
The top five platinum-mining companies in the world
The world's top five platinum-mining companies, by annual production. 1. Anglo American Platinum – 2.05 million ounces. Founded in 1995 and based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Anglo American Platinum is the world's largest platinum-mining company – with production output of just over two million ounces in 2019.
Base gets access to Kwale South Dune
Mineral sands miner Base Resources has inked a deed of variations with the Government of Kenya for its Kwale special mining lease (SML), allowing the company to incorporate the Kwale South Dune ...
Base Resources says Covid-19 outbreak unlikely …
April 29, 2021. BASE Resources CEO, Tim Carstens, downplayed an outbreak of Covid-19 at the firm's Kwale mineral sands mine in Kenya, saying a warning in its third quarter production results of possible mine …
Base Titanium kicks off mining in new Kwale site
The new mining area, which covers the Kwale North Dune, is expected to yield up to 17.9 million tonnes of titanium ore, out of which the firm expects to get 42,000 tonnes of rutile, 171,000 tonnes ...
Base Resources Limited Announces Kwale Operations to Complete Mining …
October 30, 2023 at 03:00 am EDT. Base Resources Limited announced that, following an exhaustive exploration and evaluation process seeking to further extend the life of the Company's Kwale Operations in Kenya, mining is expected to end in December 2024 as per the current mine plan. Processing activities will conclude shortly thereafter.
Mining Sector
Mining Potentials. The mineral potential of sedimentary rocks of the Kenyan coast has been recognized since the turn of the last century. Silica sands for manufacture of glass are being exploited at Waa, Ramisi and Msambweni. But much more potential exists for its exploitation. Kwale County has potential for the exploitation of the following ...
Platinum Mining and Refining | Education
Dredges scoop the platinum-bearing sand or gravel from riverbeds or mining pits. The material is washed until platinum grains or nuggets are captured and pulled from the surrounding material. Sperrylite, or platinum arsenide. Photo from Thomas A. Loomis, Dakota Matrix Minerals. Platinum is also mined as an ore.
EXTRACTIVES: Kwale locals want more say in mining
EXTRACTIVES: Kwale locals want more say in mining. July 5, 2018. 5 minute read. Kwale: Kenya. International Commission of Jurists Kenyan chapter (ICJ Kenya) extended their good governance on extractives campaign to Kwale County. ICJ Kenya held a successful and interactive community dialogue forum on 30 th June 2018 with the …
Minerals set to unlock growth of Kwale and Kilifi counties
Kwale and Kilifi counties have vast mineral deposits whose exploitation could boost the region's economy. Estimates from Base Titanium show that Kilifi County has 10 times more titanium than Kwale has in Mamburi area. Kilifi has approximately 1.4 billion tonnes of titanium, the mining firm notes. The Vipingo, Mamburi and Sokoke area that …
Base Titanium shows how it's done in Kenya
In an exclusive interview, Joe Schwarz, general manager of external affairs and development at Base Titanium discusses the company's achievement highlights at …
Base Titanium hopeful of mining beyond 2022
Base Titanium hopeful of mining beyond 2022. Awaits licensing by Petroleum and Mining ministry. In Summary. •The company which has spent about Sh10.7 million in exploration activities in the ...
Resource updates made at Kwale
The resource estimate at the Kwale North Dune deposit has increased by 13%, to 194-million tonnes at an average heavy mineral grade of 1.5%, for some 2.9-million tonnes of heavy mineral, while the ...
