Mineral sands miner Base Resources has reported a mineral resource estimate of 171-million tonnes, grading an average of 1.5% heavy minera,s for 2.6-million tonnes of heavy minerals at the Kwale North Dune, at its Kwale operations, in Kenya.
Mining at the Kwale operation is currently being undertaken from the Central Dune and South Dune deposits, with Base saying on Wednesday that the North Dune deposit could potentially add to the mine life of the operation.