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FOREWORD
WELCOME TO THE July issue of Mining
Global. Our cover stars this month are Amur
Minerals, with the Kun Manie project in the
Far East of Russia, Amur Minerals strives
to create a strong community engagement
programme throughout its operation.
Also featured is the revolutionary IMP@CT
Project that, with its switch on/switch off
method, looks set to transform the global
industry, and improve its image in the process.
Another exclusive interview comes from Xanadu
Mines of Mongolia. John OHanlon talks to
Managing Director Dr Andrew Stewart.
And finally, we look at the 10 mining innovations
of 2017 as the industry heads into a future that
is embracing the future with both hands wide.
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ENGAGEMENT IN A
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INDUSTRY
PROFILE
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sustainable
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Innovations
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COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT IN A
MISUNDERSTOOD
INDUSTRY Written by:
JESS SHANAHAN
Amur Minerals Corporation is working

with local communities to minimise the
impact of its mining operations while
creating jobs. We speak to CEO Robin
Young about the companys Amur
Kun-Manie project in Russia
PROFILE
AMUR MINERAL CORPORATION
(AMC) is a nickel copper sulphide
mineral exploration company listed
on the London Stock Exchange, but
focused on the far east of Russia.
The companys principal asset is
the Kun-Manie project located in
Amur Oblast, where drill-defined
resources have been uncovered.
Now the deposits have been
identified, the next stage is to take
this through to production. CEO
Robin Young says: As we develop
the project, I would anticipate
a point in time where someone
approaches us to purchase it from
the project. Until that point, the main
mission is to enter production.
Young is a geological engineer with
40 years experience working in the
international mineral and resource
sector, having worked his way from
core logging through to executive
management. He says: I inherited the
role and started as a consultant to the
company. As the company decided
to go public, the owners asked me
to be the CEO. The rest is history.
AMCs presence in the Amur Oblast
area is creating jobs for locals, along
with several other achievements.
The project is also generating a lot
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PROFILE
of interest within local communities

and the press. Young says: We
have been getting positive television
press out of the Russia 2 television
channel. Theyve been to our
project site, interviewed us and have ITS ABOUT BEING
been very excited about the fact THERE AND BEING
we are creating up to 2,000 jobs.
Theres a great deal of curiosity and SUPPORTIVE OF
excitement as to what our project THE PEOPLE.
can do for the community.
Working with the locals is of the THERES A LOT OF
utmost importance to AMC, as its UNEMPLOYMENT
integral to the success of the project
that the community is consulted and
IN THE REGION SO
engaged. Young says: There are three WE ARENT GOING
communities located near our project
site, all within 300km, and most of our
TO BRING IN 1,000
summer help is hired from this area. FOREIGN PEOPLE
We are proactive in providing
gainful employment to a significant
TO DO THAT WORK
number of people in the local area engagement not only benefits
and when people go home from these the people in the local area, but
programmes, their quality of life is keeps stakeholders supportive
affected from working with us. That as the project slowly unfolds. The
in itself is a good way of engendering company intends to set up specific
a desire for us to offer full time jobs programmes in the future where
in the area. The communities have a itll be even more involved in the
very strong positive feeling towards community as Amur Kun-Manie
the company and what we can bring develops. Young says: We want
moving forward with the project. to be ahead of the game and have
This kind of community the backing of the communities by
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providing education programmes numbers to be 100 percent Russian.

and improving schools. These are As well as working closely with
small villages of 200-500 people, the communities to show how the
not major cities or towns. mines will work for them, AMC is
Its about being there and being maintaining an ongoing dialogue with
supportive of the people. Theres a the appropriate Russian authorities
lot of unemployment in the region and agencies, which will help to
so we arent going to bring in 1000 provide information for the public.
foreign people to do that work. AMC looks at the impact of the
Its going to be 990 local, and 10 project on each village, town and
foreign. Over time we will work those city individually. Young says: We
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PROFILE
looked at what part of the plan could project. Its a very important aspect.
affect the people of the city of Zeya, As with any project, there are
which provides hydroelectric power challenges. For instance, being a
to our smelter. Is there anything in that western company in Russian presents
plan that is going to create a problem? its own problems. Young explains:
We develop a detailed design plan Everyone thinks, inappropriately,
to understand what and who we are that we have a political agenda. In
going to impact and then address actuality, we do not. Most of the
any issues before going into the final people, contractors etc., weve
details. This way the community is worked with dont see us as a foreign
actually part of the plan to advance the company. Theres a concern that
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN A MISUNDERSTOOD INDUSTRY
IF A PERSON the benefits the industry brings to

our modern world. Young says: If
DOESNT WANT a person doesnt want mines to be
MINES TO BE active then theyd have to give up their
mobile phone, gold jewellery and so
ACTIVE THEN much more. Its a weird way of looking
THEYD HAVE at it but its the truth. People dont see
TO GIVE UP
this and thats the reason why there is
such a negative view of the industry.
THEIR MOBILE AMC are working to combat
PHONE, GOLD
industry myths with media coverage
and community engagement. Young
JEWELLRY AND concludes: Success is in the
SO MUCH MORE. relationships. Good, transparent,

positive, open clean relationships. Its
ITS A WEIRD WAY really important to have that trust.
OF LOOKING As a late stage exploration project

with detailed engineering work being
AT IT BUT ITS undertake, Kun-Manie represents
THE TRUTH one of the largest potential sulphide

nickel operations in the world which
we are not there to simply create could place it among the top ten
jobs and to mine the project when nickel producing companies on an
thats exactly what were doing. The annual basis. Yet, Young insists that
challenge has been to communicate AMCs focus is ensuring that the
that we are a positive company with a mine benefits the local community
positive influence on the community. and busts prominent mining myths.
We are not a bunch of bad guys. So far, AMC has completed 5,903
Its not just this perception that brings metres of drilling (about 30 percent
difficulties, but the worldwide view of the planned programme), so the
of mining as a whole. According to advantages of Kun Manie are not yet
young, many people dont understand fully formed. Watch this space.
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TECHNOLOGY
Switching on
sustainable
mining
WE SPEAK TO DR KATHRYN MOORE FROM
IMP@CT PROJECT ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY,
BREXIT, MININGS IMAGE ISSUES, AND MORE
W R I T T E N B Y: S T A F F W R I T E R
A PIONEERING UK venture, the
IMP@CT project is determined to spark
an ethical, sustainable, and global
mining revolution. The project is led by
University of Exeter geology experts
and looks to tap into a number of small
metal deposits in Europe and beyond.
Furthermore, they aim to establish
SOSO (switch on, switch off) mining
as a widespread industry method.
SOSO could potentially enable mining
companies to excavate materials that
are most in demand in any given period.
For further details, Mining Global
quizzed project lead Dr Kathryn Moore.
What is your role and

involvement with the
IMP@CT PROJECT?
In 2012 I took up a new position
(funded by the British geological
survey) as a lecturer on critical and
green technology metal, which was a
slight step from my previous role as a
geologist. The role was quite a diverse
role, a lot of it looking at the geological
origins of the critical metals that we
use in all the new technologies.
The roles involved into a whole
systems perspective, so its not really
just about the geology its about
access or the peripheral topics around
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TECHNOLOGY
mining that actually make it work. something we would do as geologists

- there does seem to be a little bit of a
How did your background disconnect between the raw material
in geology prime production and manufacturing.
you for work on the Several years of talking to a lot
IMP@CT project? of related people across the value
Ive been through several years of chain has put me in a good position
thinking about these issues and to link to all of the disparate partners
talking to a lot of people from a lot of that are in this consortium, because
different perspectives, from the raw this consortium is very much about
material producers to the end product taking this whole system to you, and
manufacturers. Thats not often thinking, if you can actually deal with
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S W I T C H I N G O N S U S TA I N A B L E M I N I N G
Its a huge issue and particularly for

Europe, it on the top five challenges
The mining facing the mining community. In
industry
terms of accidents and environmental
contamination, if you look at the
has to statistics, its not actually the worst
be very industry out there. However, when
careful incidents do happen, they have the
about tendency to be absolutely awful.
how its The mining industry has to be very
perceived, careful about how its perceived,
because its because its perceived generally
perceived very negatively. Theres good
generally reasons for it - obviously we have the
very occasional catastrophic incident.
negatively
Historically, where mining was
operating in societies that didnt
have environmental protection and
through the industrial revolution it
was all about people having jobs and
the technology, if you can actually staying alive basically. There werent
understand them geologically, what the same checks and balances as we
does it take for that new mining had now. The problem that we have
approach to actually work in practice? now is that the checks and balances
we have in place are very different
Theres a widespread, in different places in the world.
blanket perception that Mining communities that are based
mining is an unethical in Canada, Australia and Europe are
practice. While working very conscientious and like to employ
in on the IMP@CT project, best practice, but that isnt the case
what has been your across the globe, so you need to
experience of this? think very carefully about the whole
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TECHNOLOGY
SOSO (switch on, switch off mining)

THE IMP@CT PROJECTS (SOSO) SWITCH ON-SWITCH OFF
METHOD TO MINE MANY CRITICAL METAL AND OTHER SMALL
COMPLEX DEPOSITS WILL LOOK TO DEVELOP TARGETED,
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN MINING EQUIPMENT
DESIGN, AS WELL AS MINE PLANNING. THE INNOVATIONS WILL
NOT ONLY REDUCE THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES REQUIRED, BUT
ALSO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE EXTRACTED MATERIAL,
INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND USE, RESOURCE CONSUMPTION
AND WASTE. THE TEAM BELIEVE THAT THIS MODEL CAN BE
ADOPTED BY EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL POLICY MAKERS,
AS WELL AS THE WIDER MINING INDUSTRY IN GENERAL.
acceptability of mining to society. are that youre going to employ a

large work force over a long space
What specific challenges of time. If thats not the case, well
does the industry face have to design the mining approach
when mining in Europe to work around the community
as opposed to say, and increase the life of mines by
Australia, or Africa? decreasing production. Theres a lot
The issue we have in Europe is that to work out, but if we can do that, then
our supply root is generally from the small European deposits could
other countries and that means that theoretically operate in competition to
we have an inherent risk in European international world class deposits.
manufacturing. The issue in Europe is
that the world class huge deposits are Can you talk about the
generally mined out, as the world class timescales involved in
deposits are in other countries. Europe the IMP@CT project?
has vast resources, but theyre largely This has really come from debates with
in small high-grade complexes, which manufacturers. The manufacturers
dont attract as much investment. at the very end of the value chain are
We have the potential to mine for making decisions about the release
ourselves, however the small deposits of products based on how long they
we have arent necessarily going to can be sure to have reliable access
be competitive with the world class based on particular metals. They may
deposits in the production costs-per- be deciding whether or not to take a
tonne. With the world class deposits particular product to market or if their
youre working with economies of scale supply from one particular mine runs
essentially. The only way for Europe to out, where do they go elsewhere?
be competitive in terms of production is The issue is that geologically we
to find a way of mining that can be done dont have a problem in access to
in a very cost-efficient way that doesnt resources. Geologically the resources
require as much investment - thats are available for all these technologies.
what the technological side is about. The real issue is how long it takes from
The benefits of world class deposits identifying a new deposit geologically
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to having that mineral deposit

actually in production. Going from
identification in the ground to mine
production can take decades. Thats
on a completely different timescale
from the manufacturers - if they design
a new product, they might want to The
release it in just a couple of years. Or, Horizon 2020
if a conflict arises in a metal producing programme
country, that can cut off supply in a is something
matter of months or even less. The that the
timescale of establishing production
UK bought
and the time scale of manufacturing
into, so even
need are a complete mismatch.
with a hard
Brexit, thats
The idea was if we can target small
deposits and get them up and running
and operating quickly (which you can going to be a
never do for world class deposits) commitment
we have the opportunity to actually that the
respond, in terms of production UK has
at the start of the value, to rapid
changes and the end of the value
chain. Basically, the manufacturing survey. The industry partners are
demand and the production risks mining company Mineco; Metal
create the economic sphere in which Innovations, who build and design
you have to decide whether a product mining equipment; Rados International
is economic or not economic. who design and build ore sorters;
Extracthive, who deal with minerals
Who are IMP@CT and processing, and EPSE deal with
projects partners? minerals and processing as well. The
Weve got five industry partners, University of Exeter and Imperial College
four universities and one geological London also do mineral processing.
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IMP@CT project received the project, and as you know,

7 million funding from were not out until were out.
the EUs Horizon 2020 The Horizon 2020 programme
programme. Will Brexit is something that the UK bought
have any impact on this? into, so even with a hard Brexit,
No, this particular project is safe. thats going to be a commitment
We actually found out that we got that the UK has. For this particular
this funding a week before the project, which ends in 2020, well
Brexit referendum, even with the be able to see it through. We dont
trigger for Article 50. Weve started really have to worry about.
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TOP 10
TOP 10 Mining
Innovations
2017
MINING IS CRUCIAL TO RETRIEVING THE ORES AND MINERALS THAT
KEEP IMPORTANT INDUSTRIESRUNNING SMOOTHLY, BUT RETRIEVING
THOSE PRODUCTS ISNT ALWAYS SIMPLE OR STRAIGHTFORWARD.
MINING INNOVATIONS DO MORE THAN INCREASE EFFICIENCY; THEY
ALSO PROTECT WORKERS AND ENSURE CONSISTENT YIELD THAT
SUPPORTS FURTHER MINING EXPLORATIONS. HERE ARE 10OF 2017S
BEST OFFERINGS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE MINING INDUSTRY
W r i t t e n b y : S TA F F W R I T E R
TOP 10
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ECO-
FRIENDLIER
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ORE
CONSUMPTION
TUNNEL Energy and water are two of the
biggest demands required of ore
BORER processing, but new processes
AUTOMATION are gradually changing that. Rio
Tinto is using a new method,
While tunnel boring itself is a concept
thats familiar to the industry, calledCopperNuWave, in Utah
automating the process increases at itsKennecottCopper mine.
several beneficial verticals: precision, The process uses microwaves to
particularly in areas where excavation determine the copper content of ore,
poses stability risks, miner safety, and allowing them to quickly determine
that all-important efficiency metric, rich ore and discard worthless ore,
speed. While the world isnt quite cutting back on the resources wasted
ready for a push-button solution to on fruitless searches.
tunnel creation, automated borers
are getting the possibility closer than
ever before. In fact, global mining
group Rio Tintoand the Centre of
Excellence in Mining Innovation
(CEMI) have already teamed up to
put this innovation to good use: visit
theNorthparkesMine in Australia and
you might just catch a glimpse of a
borer in action.
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EXCAVATOR
REDESIGNS
Hydraulics are leading the way
in excavator reinvention, with big
names like Hitachi committing R&D
resources into optimizing the balance
between energy consumption and
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peak task performance.Doosanand
Volvo have also tossed their hats
into the proverbial ring, furthering
MINING previous designs that used unique
SIMULATORS features like independent tracked

wheel controls for unprecedented
An excellent tool for trailing new
control through obstacle-littered sites
mining professionals in situations
and heavy site traffic.
that are difficult to commit to paper,
mining simulators are also invaluable
for contingency and emergency
training. They can also be easily used
to determine worthwhile candidates
during the hiring process, and to
judge reaction times and accuracy
for existing mine employees. 2017s
versions offer incredibly lifelike
projected, 360-style visuals that are
as close to the real thing as possible
without actually going underground.
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TOP 10
06
RAIL SYSTEM
AUTOMATION
Once again, Rio Tinto is leading the
charge with reinventing the mining
site as we know it, but make no
mistake,theyre definitely not the only
ones looking into automated heavy rail
systems. Offering busy mining groups
the ability to quickly and safely move
ore from excavation to processing and
beyond, automating trolleys and rail
systems on-site is a smart move that
makes efficiency not just possible, but
the norm.
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THE USE OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Diffraction technology, much like theCopperNuWave, helps identify
the amount of useful resources in a given piece of ore, cutting down on
wasted hunting by targeting rich materials. Well-known diamond mining
groupALROSAis already using diffraction in itsmining sites, with others looking
to broaden their use of the technology in 2017. With so much of a sites success
riding on spending minimal effort and time for maximum yield, technologies that
make thatprocess easier are transforming mining from the (literal) ground up.
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04
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPPING TECH
As important as on-site technologies are, entering mining efforts with a plan
in hand minimizes issues and maximizes targeting for rich ore and lucrative
veins. 3-D mapping helps the entirety of the mining team - from administrators
to miners - get on the same page instantly. By highlighting the most promising
areas for excavation before the machinery is ever powered up, resources are
intelligently used to zero in on the best mining areas in the least amount of time.
03 EQUIPMENT
POWERED
WITH
ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY
As theCopperNuWave
demonstrates, energy conservation
and successful mining operations are
not necessarily mutually exclusive.
South African mining group Harmony
Gold has embraced solar for direct
power, and is piloting a program to
use mining land forbiocropsthat will
later produce natural gas, another
form of alternative energy, to further
power their machinery. This cyclical
system helps to not only drive down
operational costs, but minimize
environmental impact company-wide.
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TOP 10
02
IMPROVEMENTS IN MINER
SAFETY GEAR
In addition to overall site safety, modern approaches to mining worker safety
also take into account the quality of each job day and the impact of repetitive
stress injuries.SmartCap, a sensor-rigged PPE helmet, continually monitors
common signs of fatigue and measures alertness to cut down on distraction-
related incidents.Centennial Coalhas also introduced a special mining-specific
boot this year, offering the sole stability, ankle support and waterproof design
needed to protect workers overall health while on the job.
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CENTRALIZED SITE
AUTOMATION
Much like urban planning, a mining site requires intelligent movement of
workers, equipment, and excavated materials to maximize efficiency while
cutting down on waste. Until now, that endeavor usually resembled a cobbled-
together series of systems and several individuals at the controls of each. Full
site automation is closer than ever before, incorporating other innovations
mentioned above, such as heavy rail transport and tunnel boring. When
algorithms can be immediately implemented across all aspects of a job site,
costs are driven down to levels that maximize profitable enterprise without
sacrificing worker comfort or safety - and thats potentially the best mining
innovation in the industry in 2017 and beyond.
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Ngualla:
Uncovering
Tanzanias
rare earths
Written by Catherine Rowell
Produced by Richard Deane
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We speak to Peak Resources
Managing Director Darren Townsend
regarding the companys development
of the Ngualla Project in Tanzania
S
ince listing onto the Australian projects, the company has received
stock exchange back in 2006, its environmental permit for the
Peak Resources Ltd has come project and is now moving ahead
a long way. Whilst exploring for with the submission of the mining
phosphate minerals in East Africa, license application. With plans to
the company discovered rare earth export approximately 28,000 tonnes
minerals, creating a significant buzz of rare earth concentrate throughout
across the mining industry that led a 30-year mine life, the company will
to the establishment of its flagship undertake the initial processing in
Ngualla Project. Managing Director Tanzania, through an on-site multi-
Darren Townsend explains how the stage processing plant. The high grade
company has taken the project, located processed rare earth concentrate will
in southern Tanzania, from discovery, then be shipped to the United Kingdom
all the way through to the recent to a refinery that will use solvent
completion of a Bank Feasibility Study. extraction technologies to complete
We found that there were very high further processing, says Townsend.
grades of the magnet metal rare earths, He adds further, I dont like to use the
neodymium (Nd) and praseodymium term world-class, but Ngualla simply
(Pr), called NdPr. There are seventeen is a world class deposit. Its extremely
different rare earth elements, but NdPr high grade and our aim is to get this
are the most important, he says. project up and into production, whilst
Quickly becoming one of the worlds looking at additional opportunities to
largest undeveloped neodymium grow the company and build out the
and praseodymium rare earth business further within the rare earths
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MINING
Number of staff at
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PEAK RESOURCES
LIMITED
Peak
Resources
Corporate
Video
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I dont like to use the

term world-class, but
Ngualla simply is a
world class deposit
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space. We see the development of

Ngualla as a starting position for us.
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Increased demand
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Align Environment and Risk is a niche international for other metals including rare earths will
consultancy committed to improving the quality of
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going to be using a rare earth magnet

drive motor, comments Townsend.
Investors have not yet cottoned on to
this potential investment opportunity,
where NdPr will drive significant
growth for companies and investors
through the rise of electric vehicles.
With this in mind, Townsend adds
that if we had 100 percent electric
vehicles within global production, we
would need to mine seven times the
amount of rare earths as we do today.
We will start to see a larger share
of electric vehicles coming into the
market, which will have a big impact
over time on the supply side and
technology to be utilised in a number quality. Projects like ours are going
of applications. Townsend explains to be very important to keep up with
that with 90 percent of drive motors this expected demand growth.
for the new models of electric and Peak Resources is developing
hybrid cars using rare earth magnets, Ngualla in partnership with two key
this energy efficient alternative strategic and high quality investors;
transportation system is brought to International Finance Corporation
the forefront of building and design. (IFC) and Appian Natural Resources
The world hasnt yet worked out that Fund, a private equity group based in
we need rare earths in the same way as London. Nonetheless, raising funding
everybodys been talking about lithium, is not without its challenges. When
graphite and cobalt. If you want to get youre a junior developer, you need to
the energy from your lithium battery to raise funds from the stock market to
the road, 90 percent of the time youre move the project forward, explains
PEAK RESOURCES LIMITED
Townsend. There are times when source of rare earths to global

rare earth prices are quite low, which industry. All processes will operate
makes raising equity a little bit more at top tier environmental standards,
challenging. However, were really which will match well and feed into
lucky in having Appian and IFC as the supply chains of the products low
partners to help us with that funding. carbon technological applications.
The project involves quite small
Giving back to the scale, open cut mining, adds
community Townsend. With less than a two to
Throughout the 30-year project, the one waste to ore strip ratio, it has
Ngualla Project in Tanzania will directly quite a small mining footprint. The
employ an estimated 209 people, processing will also be completed
predominantly from the local area, without the use of chemicals such as
and the company will also undertake cyanide, and the naturally very low
a significant amount of community level of radionuclides in the deposit
projects, as well be an enabler of avoids any issues some projects have
sustainable development activity that with their high contents of uranium or
will provide economic and employment thorium. Peak Resources long-term
opportunities beyond the mining investment in the local community
project. Over the next 30 years, the and its strong environmental focus
company will no doubt have a major will support future business growth
role in making a positive long-term whilst bringing benefits to the local
contribution to the local community. communities and enable the company
Additionally, Peak Resources aim to to expand their operations and
become a clean, ethical, sustainable go from strength to strength.
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Community investments by Peak. TOP

LEFT: Ngwala Primary School classrooms
built in 2012. TOP RIGHT: Waiting area built
for the Nwala village maternity clinic.
BELOW: First bucket of water accepted by
villager at handover ceremony for Madodomia
village water bore and pump donated by Peak.
CAVERNS,
MEASURED
BY MAN
Written by John OHanlon
Produced by Mariana Lee
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XANADU MINES
Xanadu Mines is indeed defining the

value hidden in the soil of Mongolia, and
discovering enough copper and gold
to build untold numbers of pleasure-
domes
O
n 10 February 1922, the a number of transformations as its
Peoples Government of role in Mongolias economy has
Mongolia signed a landmark steadily grown into one of its leading
resolution that brought a significant sectors of growth, responsible for
coal deposit in Nalaikh city under producing 21 percent of its GDP, 70
state control. By the end of the percent of its total industrial output
year, exploration on the deposit and 90 percent of its export product.
was complete, ushering in what is Coal, copper and gold form the
today considered the birth of the principle reserves that are mined
mining sector in the country. in abundance across Mongolia.
In the 96 years that have followed, The country hosts approximately
the mining industry has undergone ten percent of the worlds known
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coal reserves at an estimated 162 billion tonnes.

It took Mongolia a while to shake down since
shaking off Soviet influence in 1990 and ceasing to
call itself a peoples republic, but today this huge,
sparsely populated country is democratic, peaceful
and stable. Its readily accessible mineral wealth
has started to attract major mining companies
seeking new resources and with copper and gold
prices firming up following a four-year downturn,
Mongolia is looking increasingly attractive.
Since it floated on the Australian Stock
Exchange in May 2010, the Australian exploration
company Xanadu Mines has been single-
mindedly pursuing its goal of adding value to its
properties in the South Gobi district of Mongolia.
Its Managing Director and CEO Dr Andrew
Stewart has long held the view that Mongolia
2010 had the edge on other comparable regions:

In exploration, a good principle is to have a counter
cyclical approach, he says. That might seem like
The year that
a truism but very few companies actually do it.
XANADU MINES
The lean years which saw large projects
was founded mothballed and investment drying up are
coming to an end, but when Xanadu acquired
its assets, he and his team saw their opportunity
to get established ahead of the curve.
We like Mongolia because it is a very under-
explored exploration location, even though it
has been shown to host some of the biggest
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We like copper deposits in the world, adds Stewart.

He points for evidence to Rio Tintos massive
Mongolia Oyu Tolgoi project, only 100 kilometres from
because it is Xanadus flagship Kharmagtai project in the south
a very under- of the country. With the cost of bringing it into
explored production estimated at close to $10 billion, the
Oyu Tolgoi mining project represents the largest
exploration financial undertaking in Mongolias history.
location, Discovered in the early 2000s, the mines
even though copper production is projected to come in at
it has been 450,000 tonnes per annum for the next 50 years.
Stewarts commitment to Mongolia is
shown to host only matched by his excitement.
some of the Mongolia is Gods gift to explorers! A
biggest copper junior company like Xanadu can explore
deposits in relatively cheaply, he says.
There are comparable reserves in the world,
the world but most of these are located in remote jungle,
ANDREW STEWART
MD & CEO
XANADU MINES
Andrew Stewart
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
BSc, PhD, MAIG, MSEG & MAICD
Dr Andrew is an exploration geologist with over 15 years experience in mineral
exploration; primarily focused on project generation, project evaluation and exploration
strategy development throughout Asia and Eastern Europe. Andrew has particular
expertise in porphyry copper-gold and epithermal gold deposits, but has worked
across a diverse range of commodities. He holds a BSc (Hons) from Macquarie
University and a PhD from the Centre of Ore Deposits and Exploration Studies at
the University of Tasmania. During his time at Ivanhoe Mines and Vale, Andrew held
various technical and management positions in Mongolia and Indonesia and has been
involved in several green fields discoveries. After providing technical and program
management for Vale in Indonesia and Mongolia, Andrew joined Xanadu Mines as
Chief Geologist leading the gold and base metals project generation and evaluation
team in Mongolia. Andrew has been Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
of Xanadu Mines since 2016 and prior to that had been Chief Executive Officer.
at high altitude, places with high companies builds a tier one asset
rainfall or, like the beleaguered next door to our project, he admits.
Grasberg mine in Indonesia, All three projects that Xanadu
beset with political disruption. is developing are in highly
While Xanadus peers are drilling at prospective deposits. The gold
a cost of up to $600 a metre, Xanadus element is a critical differentiator
costs come in at around $100, thanks between these Mongolian
to the open nature of the terrain plus resources and others in South and
the fact that all of the roads, power, Central America for example.
water and other services that are These porphyry copper
required are already in place. resources we see in Mongolia
Particularly at Kharmagtai, are probably the biggest gold
this is the benefit gained from the resources globally, he says.
infrastructure that goes in when These are precisely the type
one of the worlds biggest mining of deposit that the major mining
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companies are turned on by at a time when there

is a scarcity of new resources on the one hand
while on the other global economic uncertainties
are encouraging investors to take refuge in gold.
Kharmagtai, with a 30-year mining licence
and a registered water resource, is the
most active currently, and he estimates
that it will take another year to define.
The deposit starts at the surface, giving the
opportunity for early production upside from an
open pit, but in the longer term there is a great
deal more value deeper down. Xanadus local
drilling contractor Litho Resources has already
gone down 650 metres, with some excellent
21%
intercepts, but by mid-2018 he expects it to
reach as far as a kilometre below ground.
Eventually Kharmagtai could rival or
Proportion of surpass Oyu Tolgoi, he believes.
Mongolian GDP Kharmagtai is a big deposit and getting
generated by bigger, he explains. We are getting a lot
mining of interest from strategic investors. With the
shortage of genuine discoveries out there the
majors are on the hunt for new assets. Xanadu
is very much an exploration company and our
job is to provide those assets for the future.
A second project on the South Gobi porphyry
belt, Oyut Ulaan (Red Mountain), is close to
Kharmagtai, and here the emphasis is on gold
rather than copper. It is at an earlier stage of
XANADU MINES
With three of them in a single company, Xanadu,

this represents a fantastic portfolio. Most companies
would die to have just one of them!
ANDREW STEWART MD & CEO
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exploration. The third is in the north The coming year will see work
of the country Sharchuluut Uul. continuing at Kharmagtai to
The point is that Xanadu is not just understand the depth and potential
sitting on a single project but three of that system. At the same time
entire mineral districts that have never exploration will continue at Oyut Ulaan,
been explored at depth, and each while Sharchuluut Uul, he confidently
promise potential mining opportunities hopes, will emerge as a major new
of upward of 30 years duration. That district in the north of the country.
is precisely what the majors are The demand for copper from
looking for, and the fact that they Japan, China and Russia, with ready
promise returns at relatively low capital logistical access to all of these
investment adds to their juiciness. markets, boosted by the global thirst
We have three projects, each for gold, will make Xanadu Mines
of which would support a single a tempting target for the majors,
company, Stewart concludes. With though he does not by any means
three of them in a single company, rule out the possibility that the
Xanadu, this represents a fantastic company might build its own mines
portfolio. Most companies would either alone or in partnership.
die to have just one of them!
Investing
for the
next
century
Millionaire project seeks to
place AMG Mining as the
largest Lithium concentrate
producer in Brazil
Written by Flvia Brancato

Produced by Glen White
Fabiano Costa,
President of AMG Mining
AMG MINING
A
s the leader in the supply of critical materials
for many applications involving technological
innovations and focused on smart
reduction of CO2 emission, AMG Mining stands
out in the management of a diversified portfolio
of products, having been recognized worldwide
as the largest producer of Ta2O5 concentrate
AMG Brazil operates two business units in the
state of Minas Gerais. The mining unit produces
mineral concentrates from Tantalum, Niobium and
Tin, as well as a byproduct composed of minerals
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such as Feldspar, Albite, Quartz,

Micas, with a wide application in
the national ceramic and glass
industry. The other operating
division consists of a chemical
transformation plant that produces
high quality and purity oxides of
Tantalum and Niobium, and a
metallurgical plant that produces
special Aluminum alloys.
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AMG MINING
The total investment is

over U$ 60 million
President of AMG Mining, Fabiano Costa
LITHIUM PROJECT already working on the conceptual

Since 2011 the company has been design of doubling the capacity of
working tirelessly in what is known the future plant and we will become
as the largest investment in the the largest producer in the chemical
history of the AMG Group worldwide. transformation sector, which is
The total investment, which currently the fastest growing in
involves the construction of an ore the world, focusing in the batteries
treatment unit for the concentration manufacturing and the electric
of Spodumene (Lithium Mineral), vehicles market, Costa adds.
expansion of the existing operational The project itself has generated
support infrastructure and more than 500 jobs during the
construction of a dam, is over U$ deployment phases and when
60 million, says the President of completed will increase the
AMG Mining, Fabiano Costa. companys revenue by almost
According to the president, the five times, breaching the $300
project outcome will make them million mark. Costa continues in
the largest producer, marketer and, celebratory voice: The expectation
potentially, the largest exporter of is an increase of EBITDA in even
lithium concentrate in Brazil. We are greater proportions due to the
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AMG MINING
cost savings based on the growth. OUTSTANDING MANAGEMENT

The solid foundations established The responsible management
lately justify this investment for the critical materials portfolio
period, which will soon result in focusing on sustainable long-term
sustainable growth of more than value generation is a unique feature
100 percent of its current revenue. of AMG. Developed by a highly
The first production of the raw qualified team, constantly supported
material is expected for by strategic information and
the first half of 2018. specialty of our business,
The president also About plus our logistics and
U$95
highlights the the constant and
importance of almost obsessed
positioning in practice of our
this increasingly
promising market.
MILLION values in our
routine - Security,
He says: If we Annual revenue Transparency,
look at the metal Integrity, Focus
commodity trend on Results and
line lately, it has been a Innovation - also has to be
decline in demand which raises highlighted, explains Costa.
the metals prices in general, with AMG Minings green
the exception of lithium. This puts management concept, although
us in a prominent position with with a 25 percent increase in CO2
an extremely strategic metal. production in its own operations,
exclusively produces critical
materials that have enabled
BRAZIL
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significant reductions for customers
This puts us in the automotive sector and mainly

commercial aviation, reaching a total
in a prominent savings of almost 30 million cubic

meters of CO2. Our environmental
position with responsibility is reversed in product

innovation that can effectively
an extremely result in substantial savings in

CO2 emissions, says Costa.
strategic metal AMAZING JOURNEY
President of AMG Mining, The Mining Engineer with a Masters
Fabiano Costa Degree in Planning and Mining
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AMG MINING
Operations and a postgraduate in former MBR, which today is the

Mineral Processing, at University of giant Vale. For six years he was a
Queensland in Australia, Fabiano Mining Engineer at Samarco until
Costa, has much to be proud of. he left to explore other horizons
He began his young career, still at in Chile, Canada and Australia,
the age of 16, working in the family through BHP Billiton, a global
mining business and later on as leader in natural resources. In Laos,
an operator of heavy equipment Southeast Asia, he was part of the
in the extinct guas Claras Mine, implementation of the largest copper
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and gold mining in that region. leading a project that, along with
Later in 2011 he took over the other business of the Brazilian unit,
operations of the AMG mine in will account for almost half of the
Brazil (former CIF Mining), and over groups total outcome in 2020.
his management the mine became
the most profitable company in
the group. Soon he took over the
second unit, becoming the president
of AMG in Brazil. He is currently
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INDONESIAN MINING
ON THE WORLD STAGE
Written by Nye Longman Produced by Richard Deane
59
PT Merdeka
Copper Gold Tbk:
Financially and
environmentally
sound, the Tujuh
Bukit Project
in East Java is
set to be one
of Indonesias
finest mines
W
ith production already underway at
Indonesias Tujuh Bukit Project in
East Java, the company in charge, PT
Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk, is already proving its
worthiness for such an important undertaking. An
Indonesian-owned operation, the company is set to
oversee a profitable, safe, and sustainable mine that
will pay dividends for shareholders as well as the
local community. We speak to Merdekas CEO Colin
Moorhead to discover how one of the countrys most
promising mines in recent years will make the grade.
With an estimated Mineral Resource of some 99
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million tonnes of ore at an average All told, the porphyry is estimated

grade of 0.8 grams per tonne of gold, to contain 28 million ounces of gold
and 25 grams per tonne of silver, the and 19 billion pounds of copper.
near-surface ore deposits contain I come from 30 years mining
approximately 2.45 million ounces of experience working on some of
gold and 79 million ounces of silver. the largest mines in Australia and
The underlying porphyry deposit has PNG, he explains. Ive been asked
an Inferred Mineral Resource of some to build a technical team capable
1.9 billion tonnes at estimated grades of taking Tujuh Bukit to those
of 0.45 percent copper and 0.44 grams standards. Im proud to say we could
per tonne gold making it one of the take anyone from Australia and
largest projects of its kind in the world. they would be impressed with our
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construction and operating standards. Operations

Merdeka is listed on the Indonesia Stock
Exchange following a successful IPO in 2015
and controls the companies that hold the Tujuh
Bukit mining leases. These consist of PT Bumi
Sukesindo (BSI), which is permitted for mining
production, and PT Damai Sukesindo (DSI),
which holds the adjacent exploration permit. The
company is fully engaged in Indonesias mining
industry and, working to international standards,
is focussed on developing the countrys gold,
silver, copper and other mineral deposits.
The company has three major Indonesian
shareholders, one of which is PT Saratoga Investama
Sedaya, Tbk the countrys premier investment-
holding company, PT Provident Capital Indonesia,
a leading investor in Southeast Asia, and Pak
Garibaldi Thohir. This winning combination ensures
that the mine will remain liquid throughout its life.
The technical mining potential in Indonesia is
huge, Moorhead comments. It has some of the
What we aim to do is create an

internationally respected, high standard
and high integrity mining company
Colin Moorhead, CEO
PT MERDEKA COPPER GOLD TBK
biggest gold and copper deposits This could set us up as a 30 plus

in the world. What we aim to do is year copper-gold producer.
create an internationally respected, The oxide gold silver development
high standard and high integrity commenced operations in December
mining company. Tujuh Bukit has a and produced its first gold in March
typical epithermal gold oxide cap 2017, just 18 months after construction
that has been developed as an open work started. This mine offers low
pit mine, overlying a two billion tonne costs and high margins. Using
sulphide porphyry copper conventional open pit mining,
deposit that could be the ore is crushed and
developed in stages The number of agglomerated before
as a series of mass staff at PT Merdeka being stacked on a
underground mines. Copper Gold Tbk heap leach pad where
1,500
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the gold is dissolved in a weak cyanide solution.

The pregnant solution is then pumped to an
ADR (absorption, desorption, recovery) plant
where gold and silver is recovered and produced
as dor. Initially the operation will process four
million tonnes of ore annually and will produce on
average 100,000 ounces of gold and up to 300,000
ounces of silver per year over the next decade.
Looking further ahead, Merdeka is also conducting
a study on expanding the mines heap leach
capacity to 50 million tonnes and its production
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rate from four million tonnes to of gold. The decline will help
six million tonnes per annum. Merdeka acquire the data needed
The second opportunity at Tujuh to support a prefeasibility study for
Bukit is to develop a series of the first mass underground mine.
underground mines to exploit the
massive porphyry copper gold deposit Sustainable mining
that underlies the oxide mine. We are The journey to developing one of
currently doing the pre-engineering Indonesias best deposits, and
to put an exploration decline into the with that, one of its most reputable
porphyry which sits below the oxide mining companies, has not been
mine we are operating, Moorhead easy. Issues over ownership and
adds. That upper high grade zone permitting slowed progress before
(UHGZ) of that deposit is estimated a single brick was laid. And once
to contain about 300 million tonnes that had been taken care of, the
at 0.8 percent copper and 0.8 grams company had the weather to contend
of PT Bumi Sukesindo (BSI), which is permitted

for mining production, and PT Damai Sukesindo
(DSI), which holds the adjacent exploration permit.
The company is fully engaged in Indonesias mining
industry and, working to international standards,
is focussed on developing the countrys gold,
silver, copper and other mineral deposits.
The company has three major Indonesian
shareholders, one of which is PT Saratoga Investama
Sedaya, Tbk the countrys premier investment-
holding company, PT Provident Capital Indonesia,
a leading investor in Southeast Asia, and Pak
Garibaldi Thohir. This winning combination ensures
that the mine will remain liquid throughout its life.
The technical mining potential in Indonesia is
huge, Moorhead comments. It has some of the
biggest gold and copper deposits in the world. What
we aim to do is create an internationally respected,
high standard and high integrity mining company.
Tujuh Bukit has a typical epithermal gold oxide
cap that has been developed as an open pit
We have a commitment to spend

1.5 percent of our return revenue
capital on local projects
Colin Moorhead, CEO
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with. Having centuries of experience delays by using our status as an

locked into its workforce, Merdeka owner-executor. I think if we were
has been able to shrug off these risks, using an EPCM arrangement we could
and ensure that the project has a have had a large cost blowout.
positive impact on local businesses, Unlike many players operating
the community, and the surrounding in the countrys mining space,
environment. No small order. Merdeka is fully owned by locals,
We had the wettest year on record with expats making up less than one
which hampered our earth percent of its workforce. But the
works considerably, companys commitment to
2012
Moorhead says. We Indonesia doesnt end
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those impacts and explains: On
The year that PT

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Tbk was founded
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the community side we have a commitment to

invest 1.5 percent of our revenue on community
social responsibility (CSR) projects.
We are tailoring those projects to the
needs of the people, which include capacity
building, scholarships for kids, and helping
businesses. We are in the early days of that.
The company initially also granted 10 percent
of its shares to the government of The Regency
of Banyuwangi, which has effectively granted
rights for local people to participate in these
mining projects. The further intention of the
share grant is to provide the community of
Banyuwangi Regency with sustainable economic
benefits from the gold mining project.
Protecting local water supplies is also have a detox system to manage

essential, and no fewer than six dams cyanide and arsenic levels in excess
have been constructed with this process water, backed up by mercury
specific purpose in mind. Moorhead scrubbers if required. Merdeka has
adds: We have two process water also spent over 15,000 man-hours on
dams which take water from the safety training and continues to build
catchment, one storm water pond skills and awareness in this regard.
which is a clay and plastic lined, and With the Tujuh Bukit Project now in
three environmental control dams production, Merdeka has its sights
that collects all the runoff. These confidently set on the future dividends
can also handle the extreme rainfall that a mine of this size and quality
events up to three times over. We is certain to bring. Its shareholders
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own and control a number of other Indonesian

mining companies with assets and are looking
for where it makes sense to consolidate those
under Merdeka. In three to five years time we
will have that copper project to pre-feasibility
level and ready to construct and potentially
multiple operating mines producing a significant
amount of gold per annum. If we are successful
at that we could be a $3 billion company.
FOREWORD:
AN INTERVIEW
WITH GUINEAS
MINISTRY OF
MINES AND
GEOLOGY
WE ASKED DIAKHABY MAMOUNA OF THE MINISTRY
ABOUT ITS ROLE IN THE COUNTRYS MINING AND HOW
IT GOES ABOUT CHAMPIONING RESPONSIBILITY

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G U I N E A M I N I S T RY O F M I N E S A N D G E O L O G Y
Tell us briefly about the history of The diversity and quality of the
the Guinean mining Mining and minerals coupled with 320 km of
the role that the Ministry plays seacoast on the Atlantic allowing
in promoting and protecting it. for evacuation through deep-water
Guineas mineral tradition is ports has helped the development
centennial. Since ancient times, of the Guinean mining Mining.
Guineans have been exploiting Over the years, Guinea has
gold; a fact notoriously recorded risen to become both Africas
in the legendary voyage of King largest producer and the Worlds
Kankan Moussa in 1325 to Mecca. second-largest producer of
However, it was not until bauxite. The mining industry
colonial times that the mining accounted for about 15 percent
industry was developed and the of the countrys gross domestic
minerals riches of the country product in 2016. Mineral exports
discovered, uncovering in the soil: of bauxite, diamonds and gold
accounted for 80 percent of the
4 0 billion tons of bauxite, nations total exports in 2016.
at more than 40 percent With the advent of its transition
content of Al203, which into a democratic state in 2010,
represent over a third of Guinea, through its Ministry of
global reserves of bauxite Mines and Geology, has undergone
2 0 billion tons of iron ore, a series of reforms to promote
the largest and highest transparency, accountability
grade of untapped deposit and sustainability in the mining
of iron ore in the world Mining. The Ministry is keen
700 tons of gold, and on protecting and ensuring the
between 30 to 40 judicious use of these resources
million carats of proven for sustainable economic
reserves of diamonds. growth and development.
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Outline the importance of the key mining players and connect

forthcoming Symposium of Mines qualified investors to Guineas
in raising the profile of Guinea. largely untapped resources and
The organisation of this event in 2017 promising projects. Industry
is pivotal to the departments mining leaders, junior companies,
promotion policy. The Symposium investors, institutions will receive
Mines Guine (SMG) is designed for detailed briefings on mining and
a better understanding of Guineas exploration projects. In short the
mining and investments potential. SMG will allow us to develop a
The SMG will draw a clearer strong networking value chain.
picture of Guineas business The aim is to organise the event
climate as well as the governments on annual basis and make it
strategic orientations and reforms. West Africas definitive meeting
The Ministrys goal is to appeal to place for mining professionals.
More information
about SMG is
available online:
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Can you give us an overview of related to mines between major

national industry developments companies such as CBG, GAC,
and investment? Rusal Dian-Dian and the State.
The Ministry of Mines and The establishment of a
Geology has implemented fully operational National
comprehensive and courageous Mining Commission for
structural and institutional greater transparency.
reforms to enhance productivity, The consolidation of these
accountability and sustainability reforms initiated since 2010 has
in the extractive industry. Those favored investment commitments
steps include among others: in 2016 of more than $2.4 billion in
The modernisation of its the bauxite industry alone. Mining
mining cadaster which is companies such as Dadco, Alcoa,
now available online at www. Emirates Global Alumina, Anglo
guinea.miningcadastre.org Gold Ashanti, Managem have all
The creation of a one-stop- heavily invested in the Guinean
shop for mining projects, with mining Mining. Lenders such as IFC,
an internet portal covering all Socit Gnrale, BNP Paribas,
relevant information on permits UFK, Overseas Private Investment
and authorisations. In total, 107 Corporation, Socit Gnrale de
permits and various authorisations France, Natixis, Crdit Agricole, ING,
issued by 13 ministerial Africa Finance Corporation have in
departments during the year 2016 the past year alone financed many
can be found on the portal. major mining projects in Guinea.
The implementation of the Production in the bauxite industry
Master Plan for Mine-Related is predicted to reach 60 to 80
Infrastructure Development, million tons by 2020. Production
notably through the signing of the in the gold Mining is expected to
agreement to pool infrastructures reach 65 millions tons by 2020.
What are the Ministrys and Geology has implemented an

regulations and/or views on the environmental and social strategic
importance ofenvironmental evaluation (ESES) process, as a
responsibility? tool of sustainable development
As stipulated in the Mining Code, enabling a better consideration at
any mining activity undertaken the national level of environmental
must comply with the legislation and social concerns.
and regulations governing
environmental protection and The ESES aims to:
management as well as health. (I) a ssist the Government in
In particular, any application identifying nationally the
for an authorisation or mining environmental and social
operation permit must include impacts of existing and
an Environmental and Social future mining activities so
Impact Study in accordance with as to avoid, so as to avoid,
the Environmental Code and mitigate or compensate them
its implementing regulations as by adopting an appropriate
well as internationally accepted mode of governance;
standards in this area. (Ii) p rovide the necessary
Administrative requirements information and knowledge
depend on the extent of the to support ongoing dialogue
scheduled work, ranging from with stakeholders.
simple Environmental Impact
Notice for an Exploration Permit Can you describe any current,
to a detailed Environmental and relevant legislation?
Social Impact Study including Guinea adopted a new mining
for example a Hazard Study, code on 9 September 2011,
a Risk Management Plan. which was amended by the 2013
Aside from these regulations and Bill. The new amended code
legislation, the Ministry of Mines has been widely acclaimed.
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How important is sustainability?

What is your major goal?
The Ministry of Mines and Geology main goal
is to transform the non-renewable resources of
Guinea into sustainable development gains for
all stakeholders. In that spirit, the government
in partnership with the World Economic Forum,
the International Finance Corporation, UNDP, the
African Minerals Development Center and GIZ,
launched and achieved the Responsible Mineral
Development Initiative (RMDI) during 2016-2017.
The Ministry with its partners gathered
together for seven months mining operators,
local communities, civil society and the state
around a shared mining vision to identify
priority themes, areas for joint actions and
approaches to sustainably advance Guinea
mineral development. The recommendation
that emanated from this initiative is informing
the governments national strategic plan for the
mining Mining. The Ministry has a win-win and
effective business approach to the development
of the industry. In that respect, it has create a
one-stop shop to promote greater efficiency
in the delivery of non-mining permits and
cut down on cost for mining companies.
For a sustainable approach to community
development, the Ministry in collaboration
with the PNUD, elaborated last month a
CSR policy for the mining Mining.
GUINEA GOES
INTERNATIONAL
Written by Wedaeli Chibelushi
93
We talk to SOCIT MINIRE DE BOK-
WINNING AFRICA (SMB-WAP) about its fast-
paced strict compliance bauxite mining project in
Guinea. Managing Director Frederic Bouzigues
and CEO of the groups Winning Logistics
Services Bosco Lau explain the process
A
ccounting for 26.9 percent of the worlds
total reserves, Guinea is the number one
bauxite producing country globally. The
small, yet-resource rich West African country
exceeds competitors like Australia, and furthermore,
Guinea is predicted to rapidly increase its bauxite
4
exports in the coming years. Asian-Guinean
consortium Socit Minire de Bok-Winning Africa
(SMB-WAP) plays a major role in this future.
The consortium, consisting of four international
entities, is currently mining bauxite in Guineas Bok
region, then transporting it to China. SMB-WAP prides Members of the
itself on fast-tracking, but with strict compliance SMB-WAP
that is going from excavation to export in minimal consortium:
time. To find out how SMP-WAP balances speed, Winning Shipping Ltd
compliance, sustainability and spending, we spoke UMS International Ltd
to Managing Director Frederic Bouzigues and Bosco Shandong Weiqiao
Lau, CEO of the groups Winning Logistics Services. The State of Guinea
SMB-WAP was established in 2014. Frdric
Bouzigues, who has lead the group for two years,
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calls the consortium a union of some Guineas port of Katougma. Before
of the strongest companies in their the consortium could achieve this
respective sectors. Said firms are goal, it needed to acquire permits from
the Chinese Wei Qiao Group (biggest the government. We firstly obtained
aluminium manufacturer in the world), a surveying permit so that we could
Singaporean Winning International do reconnaissance ourselves on
Group (transporter of 90 percent of an area that was not limited to the
Chinese bauxite imports), UMS Guine main mining body area in Guinea, in
SARL (leader in West African logistics) fact the first mine we explored and
and the State of Guinea, which is a 10 exploited had never been fallen into
percent shareholder in the project. the radar of any other party when
A year after forming, SMB-WAPs the others sit on the countrys high
first barge carried bauxite from grade reserves for decades without
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grade. The patented tilted drum makes it
also possible to make mining floors The co-operation with SMB Winning has
on-grade. Especially in the rainy season in been a great partnership. They give us the
Guinea-Conakry which enables SMB Winning tips and ideas to improve the machine. Every
to continue their operation. environment has its own particular
circumstances and from that we can learn
The Vermeer Terrain Leveler SEM is a very
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with a low center of gravity. SMB Winning SMB Winning is using the Vermeer Terrain
has been cutting 21% / 12 degrees, but the Leveler SEM for mining, but the machine
machine is able to cut up to 36% / 20 can also be used to construct haul roads
degrees. The bauxite mines in etc. as well. With the creation of a smooth
Guinea-Conakry are hilly, so this is an surface it can increase the average speed of
extremely important benefit. It allows you to the trucks and lowers the wear and tear of
mine in all places of the mine without these trucks. As the speed increases a lower
preparation work needed amount of trucks is needed, which can lower
the CAPEX.
While starting to work with the Vermeer
Terrain Leveler SEM SMB Winning had 3 Vermeer also offer a wide range of
Vermeer people on site to train the operators trenchers and HDD drilling rigs, which can
and technicians about operation and be used for utility installation (electricity,
maintenance of the machine for 6 months. water, telecommunication etc.) and for
After the training SMB Winning continued to drainage purposes. In addition, Vermeer
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doing anything, we said we boleh (Malay word

for can do) Bouzigues says. This took almost
nine months. Subsequently, we obtained our
exploration permit and followed the mining code to
the letter, giving the government regular updates.
SMB-WAPs pooled financial resources (Lau
notes that the projects capital expenditure is $600-
700 million) and in-house competences enabled it
to progress rapidly from this point. The consortium
carried out rapid drilling campaigns with its own
equipment and staff, and with the help of
its on-site laboratories, staff were easily
2014
The year that SMB-
able to determine which areas were
prospects. Once the results were
positive, we applied for the
mining license since we did
WAP was founded not need to waste time for
raising construction funds, seeking
consultants/contractors, nor securing
offtake. This came six months after
obtaining the research permit and starting
the production phase, Frdric Bouzigues says.
To enable production, the consortium
established two entities in Guinea. Frdric
Bouzigues explains: We have Bok Mining
Company (SMB), which mines bauxite in the Bok
region, and Winning Africa Port SA (WAP), which
manages all of the river port terminal operations
on the Rio Nuez for the shipping of bauxite.
The bauxite mining industry does not use any
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products, processing, drying or burning. Thus,

In all
excavation is the sole element in the process.
Frdric Bouzigues adds: Its worth remembering aspects, the
that at SMB we are dealing with people whose process is in
main task is logistical. We mine (moving ores from
compliance of
underground to the ground) the bauxite, load it
in trucks that transport it to the ports, and from all regulations
ports to boats it is transported by barges. and CSR.
With a field strength of more than 350 trucks (e.g. We do this
HFO tank trucks, fuel tanks and cement tanks), UMS
carries out the land transport process. The West
to unlock the
African companys trucks travel via the only road countrys
leaving the mine, and transport the bauxite to the port mineral
of Katougouma. After they arrive, The Winning Group
takes over the process. Winning built the river port
and river
of Katougouma with consortium funds. The harbour transportation
covers an area of 41 hectares and has four quays worth, and for
for the 17 bauxite boats of 8,000 tons. Winnings
the country
boats ship the bauxite to China to be processed.
According to Lau, trans-shipping is a major to fund the
component of the process. It is the worlds biggest development
transhipment system, he says. Similar standard
of other
operation models can be found in USA, Europe,
Middle East, Australia and Indonesia. However, there business
is no match of scale. Furthermore, the Winning sectors
Groups 30 odd cape size vessels ensure ocean BOSCO LAU
freight competitiveness and stability of Guinean
products going to the far away PRC market.
After the bauxite arrives in China, it is finally
processed into aluminum by the Wei Qiao Group.
Bauxite is transformed into alumina development of other business sectors,

in a refinery, and then transformed like agriculture, industry and tourism.
into aluminium with a smelter.
The journey from bauxite to Custodians
aluminium is achieved by prudent, Frdric Bouzigues explains that
disciplined, quick and timely SMB-WAP is heavily involved with the
decisions. Lau explains: This is communities at all of its sites (near
possible because of the mutual the river terminals, in extraction
trust with the country areas, in the construction of
1,500
[Guinea] and the people, living and logistics bases).
and the consortiums The consortium
own fund, mainly focuses on
competence The number of jobs that employment -
and SMB-WAP has created SMB-WAP is
skilled staff committed to
to physically employ in all the
construct the project localities in which the
without the need of project operates. It has
external assistance. also built a literacy centre
SMP-WAP stresses that which enables young people
its fast-track process does not without training to gain skills, then be
come at the expense of corporate hired by the consortium. In association
social responsibility. Fast-track is with the Jiantsu Marine Institute, the
not achieved by cost saving, Lau Winning Group offers courses to train
says. In all aspects, the process is future Guinean tugboat and ocean-
in compliance of all regulations and going ship sailors: a worldwide market.
CSR. We do this to unlock the countrys Lau describes further community
mineral and river transportation efforts. We support the state
worth, and for the country to fund the mineral reserves survey and initiated,
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sponsored and supported city planning studies

by Surbana of Singapore and the Bok special
economic zone. The consortium has also arranged
The
for Chinese and Singaporean potential investors project has
to explore investment opportunities in Guinea, he attracted and
states. SMB-WAP also uses its logistics system
worked with
to bring reliable, competitive two ways flows of
goods and materials between Guinea and Asia. stakeholders
We ask how SMB-WAP ensures minimal of international
environmental damage. The environmental standard
impact is minimal because we primarily have an
operation which is exclusively excavation without
from all over
transformation, Frdric Bouzigues answers. the world
No drying, burning or adding chemicals. We are BOSCO LAU
lucky to have bauxite treated as a block, which
does not spread much dust in the air. Moreover,
making use of the unique high temperature
high pressure high traffic volume operation
environment, the consortium innovatively caused
the haulage road to basically a dust free corridor.
Additionally, SMB-WAP has built programs for the
rehabilitation and reorganisation of excavated areas.
It will replant crops such as cashew and palm trees.
The consortium also recognises that it has an
economic responsibility to the people of Guinea.
Professional services network PwC monitors the
payment of foreign exchange taxes from SMB-WAP
to the state and SGS analysis of cargoes. It is
interesting to refer to an important point which was
made precisely by PwC on the bauxite market,
Frdric Bouzigues says. SMBs entry from 2018 to 2022. In 2016 alone,
into production has enabled Guinea SMB contributed US $30 million
to double its exports of bauxite from in mining and export taxes.
2016 with about 12 million tonnes None of these achievements
of bauxite already exported. would have been possible without
SMB-WAP presents other impressive SMB-WAPs partners. The
statistics. As of 2017, the consortium project has attracted and worked
will increase its production, by with stakeholders of international
adding one more port (the port of standard from all over the world,
Dapillon) and another set of marine Lau comments. The consortium
logistics equipment, making it the is supported by the expertise and
first bauxite company in the Guinea resources of its partners, which are
to export 30 million tons. Bouzigues all leaders in their respective sectors.
expects this total to rise to 35 million These partners include Vermeer (USA),
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We have two river terminals, each

with a processing capacity of about 25
million tons of bauxite. So, if we have
enough reserves, our consortium will
be able to reach a production of 50
million tons. Combined with taxes this
would have a considerable impact
on the countrys economy and its
development, Frdric Bouzigues
concludes. With this success and
the consortiums logistics strength,
SMB-WAP has decided to kick
off an intensive feasibility study of
building a refinery in Guinea.
Beyond bauxite, the established
Sinotrucks (China), Terex (Germany) infrastructure can and will be used
and Bureau Veritas (France). for import of capital goods and CKDs
Despite substantial support from (for the assembling industry to be
partners, SMB-WAP must retain some developed), and the development of
credit for itself. The consortium has a regional hub in Boke for the West
defied borders in order to create an Africa region. For instance, fertilizers
international team of mining experts, and pesticides can be imported
while priding itself on giving back. The cheaply and reliably to support a
consortium recognises the potential cashew nut project in the pipeline.
of Guinea and its people, thus it
empowers communities and boosts
the countries overall bauxite exports.
SMB-WAP plans to continue on the
economically responsible trajectory.
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