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Naujombo PL5977/2009
December Quarterly Report 2011
WARTHOG RESOURCES (T) LTD
& NGWENA LIMITED
NACHINGWEA PROJECT
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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
Structural data analysis by SRK consultants, 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 2011. 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
Naujombo PL5977/2009 was granted on December 4th 2009 and covers an area of
198.11 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: Naujombo PL 5977/2009 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.
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
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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 2011 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.
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 at Ntaka Hill. However regional geological
traverses, grid mapping and drilling are started to add to the geological database.
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Summary of Work – PL 5977/2009, 2011 Exploration Program
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 2011. Details and results of the
2011 exploration program are given below.
Table 1
Summary of Work Completed in 2011 PL 5977/2009 (Naujombo)
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Figure 2: A map showing exploration work completed in 2011 on the License
PL 5977/2009 (Naujombo).
Expenditures
Expenditures for Naujombo PL 5977/2009 for the December 2011 Quarter are
USD $17,492.
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