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Executive Summary

TANZANIA GOLD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: NOVEL “WAZI” SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY:


• Tanzania produces 43.5 tons of gold each year, • Mwamba has UN funding to develop WAZI, a digital
nearly all of it from the Lake Victoria Gold Fields. ore-marketplace for small-scale gold miners.
• Mwamba is developing 2 Advanced Gold Projects • WAZI vertically integrates 3rd party miners and
that will redefine the company as a mid-tier gold processors in Mwamba’s responsible gold supply
producer. chain by purchasing ore from miners and placing it
• The proven resources total >655,264 ounces of gold, in nearby processing facilities.
with an average grade of ~2g/t Au. • WAZI is built to scale globally, with automated
• Mwamba’s current resources are expected to verification, scheduling, payment, provenance and
produce 320,000 oz of pure gold and generate supply chain traceability functionalities included.
US$340M EBITDA. • The platform increases market efficiency in devel-
• Both projects, complete with issued mining licenses oping gold mining economies by creating access to
and feasibility studies, are expected to begin pro- needed infrastructure and financing.
ducing within one year of financing. • WAZI will be deployed throughout East Africa, in
• Mwamba seeks to raise US$20M to finance mine Tanzania with Mwamba’s mines serving as process-
development. ing providers, as well as Uganda and the Congo as
part of the UNEP led and GEF funded PlanetGOLD
• Funding will be collateralized by resources, proj-
GOLD+ program.
ects, plants and equipment.
SUPPORTING LOCAL MINING COMMUNITIES:
1. Mwamba plans to supplement its production with
ore purchased from nearby small-scale mining
operations. This collaboration provides undercap-
italized miners an alternative to crude mercury
processing methods, delivering the safety and effi-
ciency benefits of modern processing technologies.
2. Mwamba empowers and assists its partner miners
KEY STRATEGIC ALLIANCES:
to sustainably develop their operations through
DLA Piper for legal, UNEP and GEF as partners on mercu-
knowledge sharing and access to modern mining
ry eradication and the WAZI technology platform, Bous-
equipment.
tead Securities as a private placement agent, Redwood
3. Mwamba has agreements to partner with and pur- Group Intl. for financial consulting, TDI Sustainability in
chase the ore of 3 local mining groups adjacent to Tanzania Community Programs, Asante Africa as a part-
its mine developments. These agreements include ner in community education intiatives.
‘No Mercury & No Child Labour’ provisions .
WAZI
CREATING POSITIVE COLLABORATION
ASGMS SELL ORE • LSMS PROCESS GOLD • WAZI COORDINATES

VALUE TO LSMS VALUE TO ASGMS


“LARGE-SCALE MINERS” “ARTISANAL & SMALL-SCALE MINERS”
• Aligns mining ops. with government initiatives • Eliminates mercury processing hazards
• Introduces new gold & resources • Increases gold recovery by ~200%
• Generates preliminary exploration data • Creates access to mining equipment & investment

Providing ASGMs with modern process- Modern processing technologies All gold purchased through WAZI is
ing helps keep lakes, rivers, and oceans capture ~90% of the gold in a given ore traceable to its origin and is sourced
mercury-free, preventing mercury toxic- sample, more than double the ~30% from licensed small scale miners ob-
ity in people and the food chain. yield of mercury processing methods. serving responsible business practices.

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