Armadale Capital Plc 98.2% Purity Achieved from Bulk Test Work at Mahenge Liandu
02 January 2018 - 6:00PM
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Armadale Capital Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: ACP / Sector:
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2 January 2018
Armadale Capital Plc ('Armadale' or 'the Company')
98.2% Purity Achieved from Bulk Test Work at Mahenge Liandu
Armadale, the AIM quoted investment company focused on natural
resource projects in Africa, is pleased to announce positive
results from test work completed on a bulk sample from the Mahenge
Liandu Graphite Project in Tanzania ('Mahenge Liandu').
Overview
-- 5.5kg of high purity graphite concentrate produced from a 30kg bulk
sample which was representative of a larger 187.7kg sample
from
Mahenge Liandu
-- Excellent flake distributions confirmed with 48.2% in the high value
Large, Jumbo and Super Jumbo categories
-- Very high purity achieved averaging 98.2% Total Graphitic Content
('TGC')
-- Concentrate will be used for further downstream test work and for
samples to be sent to prospective off-take partners
-- JORC Resource modelling is ongoing and expected to be completed in
January 2018
-- Drilling and Resource modelling is focused on upgrading the current
Resource Category from Inferred to Indicated to support
feasibility
studies
-- An RC drilling programme aimed at significantly increasing the size of
the deposit is planned for Q2 2018
-- Feasibility study to commence in 2018, directly following completion
of the scoping study in early 2018, with the objective of
reaching a
decision to mine in the near term
Nick Johansen, Director of Armadale said:" Our work programme to
deliver a commercially attractive and economically robust graphite
project continues to go from strength to strength. The high purity
concentrates achieved from this bulk sample certainly highlight the
attractive metallurgy of this sizeable project, and coupled with
the near surface mineralisation, which is contained within one
contiguous ore body, I am confident that the results of the
upcoming scoping study will provide investors with a tangible
insight into the commercial and strategic value of our project. I
look forward to providing updates in the coming weeks regarding the
scoping study and feasibility study, which is fully funded thanks
to the financing agreement secured in Q4 2017.
"2018 is set to be a transformative year for Armadale as we set
our sights on fast tracking Mahenge Liandu towards a decision to
mine."
Bulk Sample Test Work Programme Completed
Bulk sample test work programme has now been completed with
approximately 5.5kg of graphite concentrates produced. The results
confirm that high quality graphite concentrates can be produced
using a conventional flotation circuit. Previous test work has
confirmed that the concentrates from the project are readily
upgraded to suit the rapidly expanding lithium-ion and expandable
graphite markets. Now that larger quantities of concentrates are
available Armadale will progress further downstream test work and
provide samples to potential off-take partners.
Table 1 Bulk sample concentrate flake size distribution and
purity
Flake size Distribution % Purity % TGC
500 3.8 98.2
300 20.9 98.2
180 23.5 98.2
150 18.3 98.5
106 13.0 98.7
75 8.5 98.6
25 8.0 98.1
-25 3.9 95.7
The information communicated in this announcement contains
inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market
Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.
**ENDS**
Enquiries:
Armadale Capital Plc +44 20 7236 1177
Tim Jones, Company Secretary
Nomad and broker: finnCap Ltd +44 20 7220 0500
Christopher Raggett / Simon Hicks
Joint Broker: Beaufort Securities Limited +44 20 7382 8300
Jon Belliss
Press Relations: St Brides Partners Ltd +44 20 7236 1177
Susie Geliher / Charlotte Page
Notes
Armadale Capital Plc is focused on investing in and developing a
portfolio of investments, targeting the natural resources and/or
infrastructure sectors in Africa. The Company, led by a team with
operational experience and a strong track record in Africa, has a
strategy of identifying high growth businesses where it can take an
active role in their advancement.
The Company owns the Mahenge Liandu graphite project in
south-east Tanzania, which is now its main focus. The Project is
located in a highly prospective region with a high-grade JORC
compliant inferred mineral resource estimate of 40.9Mt @ 9.41% TGC.
At least 32Mt of this resource has an average grade of 10.47% TGC,
one of the largest high-grade resources in Tanzania, and work to
date has demonstrated Mahenge Liandu's potential as a commercially
viable deposit with significant tonnage, high-grade coarse flake
and near surface mineralisation (implying a low strip ratio)
contained within one contiguous ore body.
Other assets Armadale has an interest in include the Mpokoto
Gold project in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a portfolio of
quoted investments.
More information can be found on the website
www.armadalecapitalplc.com
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