Black Rock Mining given licensing green light for Mahenge Graphite Project
Two contiguous mining licences have been granted for the project in Tanzania’s southeast.
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Black Rock Mining Ltd (ASX:BKT) has a 100% interest in the Mahenge Project in Tanzania which hosts a multi-generational graphite resource and is one of the largest JORC-compliant flake graphite resources globally. The Mahenge Project is spread across 324 square kilometres of exploration tenements in Tanzania’s Ulanga district. Black Rock’s definitive feasibility study for the project considers a four-stage construction schedule to deliver up to 340,000 tonnes per annum of 98.5% graphite concentrate for 26 years.
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Two contiguous mining licences have been granted for the project in Tanzania’s southeast.
Investments and investor services
Copulos Group has increased its holding in the company to almost 116 million shares after recent on-market transactions valued at $400,000.
The company aims to develop its Mahenge Graphite Project in Tanzania.
The report forecasts a valuation that is 4x to 11x the current share price of 3.8 cents.
The company signed its third off-take deal earlier this week for its Mahenge graphite project.
An agreement has been signed with Taihe Soar for the annual supply of up to 100,000 tonnes from Tanzanian project.
While electric vehicles will drive substantial demand in the future, the company is also focusing on other markets for its graphite.
Directors and management acquire shares valued at $500,000 in an oversubscribed $3 million placement.
The company’s largest shareholder Stephen Copulos tells annual general meeting that his work is done.
The agreement follows the recent release of the definitive feasibility study results.
The study predicted a 32-year mine life and featured a 42.8% internal rate of return.
Black Rock is completing its definitive feasibility study for the Mahenge Graphite Project in Tanzania this month and will produce the concentrate from the project’s graphite resources.
The agreement will provide process plant machinery and access to project finance.
The event’s presenters include a former president, ambassadors and a bevy of executives from Australian companies operating in Africa.
The feedback confirms a unique graphite concentrate that could be sought after by a multitude of graphite users.
Raising is completed with placement to directors and advisers.
The Mahenge project is the fourth biggest JORC graphite resource in the World.
The study shows that even after incorporating the proposed legislative changes to mining in Tanzania, the graphite project has a valuation of US$905mln
The next news flow for Black Rock will be the PFS optimisation study.
Black Rock's focused remains the Mahenge Graphite Project.