Geofields Tanzania tasked with Kinusi copper project

Geofields Tanzania has been appointed by Marula Mining to explore for copper at the Kinusi copper project, in Tanzania.

The Kinusi Project is located in Mpwapwa District in the Dodoma Region of central Tanzania. It comprises 10 granted primary mining licences which are held by Tanzanian company Takela Mining Tanzania Ltd. Marula secured a 49% commercial interest in the Kinusi project from local Tanzanian company Takela Mining Tanzania.

Geofields Tanzania has been tasked with mapping, sampling, trenching and establishment of a comprehensive geological database that is expected to enable Marula to advance project development across the ten granted mining licences.

Kinusi copper project

Exploration at Kinusi will focus initially on the small-scale shallow copper mining activities, which have demonstrated potentially widespread high-grade copper mineralisation, and will also include over 30 additional surface exposures of copper mineralisation that were identified from previous work. Previous samples taken by Marula from Kinusi reported copper grades of 7.28%, 19.12% and 31.32%.

The samples from the planned exploration work will be sent for analysis in Tanzania, with initial results expected in the second quarter. Marula’s board and management team will be on site with Takela and Geofields later, to review Geofields’ progress and activities.

“Kicking off these initial activities at the Kinusi mine only reaffirms our belief in the potential to develop a low-cost copper mining operation with sales of copper concentrates to the international markets. This has been a major driving force behind our reason to get Geofields onboard now to proceed with the next steps. Geofields is a strategic service provider company to the Tanzanian exploration and mining industry, and they have already demonstrated with their approach to the work at our Bagamoyo graphite project how aligned they are to our strategy of fast-tracking exploration and development of projects in Tanzania,” said Marula CEO Jason Brewer.