I-polymetal isanda kumemezela ukuthi i-Tomtor Niobium kanye ne-Rare Earth I-Metal Deposits eMpumalanga Ekude Ungaba ngomunye wemihlaba emithathu ebabazekayo emhlabeni. Inkampani iphethe inani elincane lamasheya kuphrojekthi.
I-Tomtor yiphrojekthi eyinhloko amasu eRussia ahlela ukwandisa ukukhiqizwa kwezinsimbi zomhlaba ezingandile. Imihlaba engavamile isetshenziswa embonini yezokuvikela kanye nokukhiqizwa kwezingcingo eziphathwayo nezimoto zikagesi.
"Isilinganiso sikaThomtor kanye nebanga liqinisekisa ukuthi imayini ingenye yezindawo ezinkulu ze-niobium kanye nomhlaba onamadiphozi emhlabeni," i-polymetals CEO Vitaly Ngse Besis ithe kusimemezelo.
I-Polymetal ingumkhiqizi omkhulu wegolide kanye nesiliva, ebambe isigxobo esingu-9.1% eThreeearc mining Ltd, eyathuthukisa iphrojekthi. Umfowabo kaVitali, usomabhizinisi waseRussia u-Alexander Neson, ubamba isigxobo esiningi kulo msebenzi kanye nenkampani ye-polymetal.
Manje ama-ARC aseqalile ukulungiselela ukufundwa kwezimali kwephrojekthi, yize kunzima ukuthola izimvume ezithile ezivela kuhulumeni waseRussia, futhi ukwakheka kusabhekene nezinselelo ngenxa yokubambezeleka kwesifo, kusho i-polymetal.
Othintwe yibhubhane, iphrojekthi yeTomtor ibambezelekile izinyanga eziyisithupha kuya kweziyi-9, kusho inkampani yaseSiliva Mining ngoJanuwari. Phambilini bekulindelwe ukuthi iphrojekthi izosetshenziswa ngo-2025, ngokuphuma konyaka kwamathani angama-160,000 e-ore.
Izilinganiso zokuqala zibonisa ukuthi izinqolobane zeTomtor ezihlangabezana nezidingo zeKomidi Elihlanganisiwe Lase-Australia Ore Are Reverves (Jorc) amathani angama-700,000 e-niobium oxide namathani ayizigidi eziyi-1,7 anqabile Earth Earth.
I-Australia's Mount Weld (MT Weld) kanye neGreenland's KVANEfjeld (KVANEfjeld) yiyona enye imihlaba emibili ebabazekayo yoMhlaba.