Zimbabwe

• Country summary
• Permits
• Exploration programme
• Exploration results

Exploration results

Exploration work to date has focused on a systematic grid pattern of pitting and trenching across TransAfrika’s claims. Disseminated chromite is visible to the eye and is believed to be sufficiently concentrated, within the top soils and subsoil’s, to extract economically using spiral technologies. The exploration programme confirm an inferred resources of 1.9 million tonnes at an in situ grade of 13.8% Cr₂O₃. The results from the bulk samples submitted for test work indicates a favourable particles size range which has positive implications for optimising chromite recovery. Metallurgical test work show an end product of 49% Cr₂O₃ after treating the ore through a closed spiral circuit, followed by LIMS (low intensity magnetic separation). Work to increase the resource is ongoing.

Size by Fraction Histogram

Summary Table of Test Work

Feed Grade	14%
Recovery of Cr2O3	88%
Feed mass to spirals	60%
Total Recovery Grade	54%
Cr/Fe ratio	2.1

Zim Chromite Head Assay By ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry)

MgO	Al2O3	SiO2	CaO	TiO2	Cr2O3	MnO	FeO
7.20%	6.70%	35.30%	0.46%	0.38%	13.70%	0.43%	27.29%

Soil profile delineation at Trixie claims

Soil profile delineation at Prince of Wales claims