RWANDA
THE LITHIUM-TANTALUM-TIN-TUNGSTEN DESTINATION; AN EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT & TRADING PLAY
Rwanda
Technology Metals - The
Value Proposition
In Rwanda, Aterian holds the rights to over 3,000 hectares of prospective ground for critical & strategic metals.
Aterian intends to generate growth through:
- Exploration and development of Rwandan assets
- M & A deal flow and licence ownership
- Entering partnerships with existing small-scale producing and near-production assets
- We have secured a metal Trading Licence, to facilitate buy-in opportunities, for improved pricing and by-product credits
the republic of Rwanda
WHY RWANDA?
- One of the world’s largest producers of the 3T’s : Tantalum, Tin & Tungsten.
- New mining code implementing a regulatory framework to attract foreign investment.
- Voted 2020 Top Regional Mining Location due to its stability and investor friendliness (www.spglobal.com – August 2020).
- All mineral exports are traceable through an international tagging system.
- Our Trading Licence will allow for buy-in opportunities and better offshore pricing and by-product credits.
- Tantalum has essential uses in many electronics, with rapidly growing demand driven by the uptake of EVs and mobile devices using Ta-Nb capacitors
- Recent results indicate Rwanda is potentially a new Lithium province hosted in the unweathered part of LCT pegmatites.
Southern Rwanda
HCK - RIO TINTO
- Aterian holds a 70% shareholding in the Kinunga Mining Ltd Joint Venture, which holds the HCK licence.
- Rio Tinto JV earn-in agreement for a 75% interest in the licence.
- 2,750-hectare exploration licence – highly prospective for lithium-bearing rare metal pegmatites.
- 19 individual pegmatite zones identified on the project, with the HCK-1 target considered evaluation ready.
- HCK-1: c.2,500 m strike length, up to c.100 m wide in places, sub-vertically dipping pegmatite zone along a prominent ridgeline.
Western Rwanda
THE MUSASA PROJECT
- 85% interest in JV with the Kuaka Cooperative.
- Located in western Rwanda with +200 artisanal workings, several extending to depths of +80 m.
- No previous mechanical mining or modern processing on the project.
- Pegmatite-hosted tantalite-niobium mineralisation.
- Five target zones identified on the project.
- Four of these zones are untested; including the “Kassava” pegmatite (450 m strike x 30 m wide on surface).
- New exploration licence application pending.
Southern Rwanda
Dynasty Project
- Holding a 50% interest over a 400-hectare exploration licence.
- Immediately adjacent to the HCK JV Licence.
- Four key zones of tantalum-bearing pegmatite identified.
- Potential for multiple mineralised systems of rare metal-hosting pegmatite.
- Multiple additional targets/anomalies identified for follow-up.
