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Mujira PL6412/2010
December Quarterly Report 2011
WARTHOG RESOURCES (T) LTD
& NGWENA LIMITED
NACHINGWEA PROJECT
MUJIRA PL 6412/2010
Introduction
Ngwena Limited (“Ngwena”) has been carrying out an extensive on-going nickel-
copper sulphide exploration program on its prospecting licenses comprising the
Nachingwea Project in SE Tanzania since 2007. Ngwena is a Tanzanian joint
venture corporation owned 75% by Continental Nickel Limited (“CNI”) of Canada and
25% by IMX Resources NL (formerly Goldstream Mining) of Australia.
During the period, January through December 2011, work on the license consisted of
an airborne geophysical survey, geochemical soil sampling, Structural Data analy
data compilation & interpretation and reporting. The highlight of the stream
sediment sampling was a sample that returned 38 ppm Ni, 96 ppm Cu and 92
ppm Cr.
Ngwena Limited has spent ~ $17.5 million USD on exploration on the Nachingwea
Project during the period January 2007 to December 2010. Results have been
encouraging in the Ntaka Hill area, but full evaluation of the entire project area will
require considerably more time and expenditures. Land tenure is critical to successful
and comprehensive exploration efforts.
License Details
Mujira PL6412/2010 was granted on May 5th 2010 and covers an area of 171.21 km2.
The PL was originally granted to Warthog Resources (T) Ltd and is in the process of
being transferred to Ngwena Limited.
Location
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on Ntaka Hill, 1km west of Nditi Village. All work activities for the Nachingwea Project
are supported from the Ntaka Hill Base Camp. Satellite camps and local
accommodation in towns and villages are also utilized as necessary.
Figure 1: Mujira PL 6412/2010 location map. Black lines are roads/tracks, fine blue
lines are creeks, red lines are license boundaries and green lines are
National/District Game/Forest reserves. Ntaka Camp and local villages are also
shown for reference.
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Project Exploration History and Current Exploration Objective
The project area has been sporadically explored since the 1950’s for base and
precious metals and PGE’s. Current exploration work being conducted is focused on
discovering economic nickel-copper mineralization similar to the recent discoveries
currently being evaluated in the Ntaka Hill area.
A large regional radiometric and magnetic survey was also completed in 2010 over
the entire Nachingwea Project in order to accelerate the definition of exploration
targets.
Geological Setting
The Nachingwea Project lies within the late Proterozoic Mozambique Belt of
southeastern Tanzania. The Mozambique Belt ("MB") comprises a dominantly north-
south trending domain of highly deformed and metamorphosed rocks which formed
during oblique collision of east and west Gondwana and are part of the Pan African
Orogenic System. The MB includes lithologies that have been affected by both the
Usagaran (1.8-2.0 Ga) and the Pan-African (650-580 Ma) orogenic events.
The first stages of the MB formation occurred at 1,000-700 Ma. This initial stage was
marked by large-scale magmatic intrusive activity, which may include the ultramafic-
mafic intrusions observed on the Nachingwea property. This was followed with two
collisional phases recorded at 640-620 Ma and 580-530 Ma, which are largely
responsible for the regionally observed complexly deformed tight fold structures
dominant across the project area. Peak metamorphic conditions to granulite facies
are dated at 640 Ma.
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As outcrop is non-existent to rare across most of the licenses little detail is known of
the local geology on the licenses. The majority of information to date has been
gathered from mapping and drilling predominantly at Ntaka Hill. However regional
geological traverses, grid mapping and drilling are started to add to the geological
database.
A regional exploration program was in progress during the December quarter and
was based out of the Ntaka Hill camp. Work completed in the December Quarter
included data compilation and interpretation. Table 1 and Figure 2 summarize the
total exploration work completed on the license in 2010. Details and results of the
2010 exploration program are given below.
Table 1
Summary of Work Completed in 2011, PL 6412/2010 (Mujira)
A soil sampling program was established in the SE part of the license in the
December quarter 2011 with samples collected at approximately 400m intervals. A
total of 13 samples were collected including 4 samples from Mujira license and 9
samples from Mjembe license. The samples were collected along a NE-SW trending
stream running across the eastern boundary of the license through the southwestern
part of Mjembe license. The objective of the program was to follow-up elevated Cu
over 3km in 1998 BHP streams, with values of up to 126 ppm Cu.
The samples were analyzed by XRF NITON instrument prior to sending anomalous
soils to ALS Chemex lab for assaying.
The samples from Mujira and Mjembe licenses stream sediment returned weakly
elevated Cu, up to 92ppm anomalous values by XRF NITON instrument analyses. 5
samples out of 13 samples were sent to ALS Chemex lab for assaying, including 2
samples from Mujira. The laboratory results showed that Ni values are generally 50%
lower than XRF Niton results whereby the maximum lab values received were
38ppm Ni, 96ppm Cu and 92ppm Cr. The highest copper is seen in a sample
collected in the Mujira license.
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Figure 2: A map showing exploration work completed on the License
(PL 6412/2007) in 2011.
Expenditures
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Expenditures for Mujira PL 6412/2010 for the December Quarter 2010 are
USD $14,627.
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