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Mihumo PL6634/2010
December Quarterly Report 2010
WARTHOG RESOURCES (T) LTD
& NGWENA LIMITED
NACHINGWEA PROJECT
MIHUMO PL 6634/2010
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 2010, work on the license consisted of
an airborne geophysical survey, data compilation & interpretation and reporting.
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
Mihumo PL6634/2010 was granted on September 21st 2010 and covers an area of
110.42 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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are supported from the Ntaka Hill Base Camp. Satellite camps and local
accommodation in towns and villages are also utilized as necessary.
Figure 1: Mihumo PL 6634/2010 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 summarizes 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 2010 PL 6634/2010 (Mihumo)
A regional airborne geophysical survey totaling 485.9 line km was flown across the
entire license in the June quarter. Magnetic and radiometric data was collected on E-
W flight lines flown at a 250m line spacing. Data compilation and interpretation is on-
going and will focus on identifying radiometric targets to be followed up with future
surface geochemical surveys.
Expenditures
Expenditures for Mihumo PL 6634/2010 for the September and December Quarters
2010 are USD $30,246.
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