AMN - NAMIBIA: AfriTin on track for first Uis concentrate

AfriTin Mining Ltd is on track to produce its first tin concentrate from the Uis mine in Namibia by the end of the year. Work is underway to upgrade the pilot plant to 65 tonnes per month of tin concentrate.

AfriTin will use knowledge gained from the pilot operation as part of a bankable feasibility study after which annual plant production will ramp up to up to 5,000 tonnes.

The company has completed additional dense medium separation (DMS) test work for the upgraded phase 1 processing plant.

Test work has been conducted by PESCO, a DMS expert in South Africa, on a bulk sample of 2- tonnes, which is a potentially representative sample of the V1 and V2 pegmatite bodies.

These pits were previously identified by AfriTin as priority targets to supply feed to the upgraded processing plant at Uis.

Initial results confirm the beneficiation potential of the Uis pegmatites to produce a high-grade tin concentrate from a coarse run-of-mine feed.

Further test work and alternatives are ongoing to potentially enhance these results and to further prove the beneficiation capability of the fine fraction arising through the crushing of the ore.

AfriTin CEO Anthony Viljoen Mining said: "The excellent recoveries achieved in this bulk test work highlight the potential of concentrating mined material, to produce the output of tin concentrate from a significant tin and multi-commodity deposit outlined at IPO.

"The completion of this test work has been a key element of the final design for our phase 1 processing plant at the historic Uis mine and bodes well for the expansion during Phase 2 of the project which envisages a full-scale production facility of 3 million tonnes of ore per annum.

"The company remains on target for the production of first tin concentrate during Q4 2018."

Alongside the pilot operation, AfriTin will carry out a detailed exploration program and map out a long-term mine plan.

The company raised £6 million in May to fund the exploration plans and work on the bankable feasibility study.

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