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Altona identifies IOGC prospectivity at Kabompo

Altona Rare Earths plc has identified prospectivity for iron ore-copper-gold (IOGC) mineralisation at its Kabompo South copper project in Zambia. GUIDE Geophysical and geochemical data assessment by Earthmaps Consulting confirmed “geophysical features typically associated with IOCG deposits” in the country. The licence is “largely underlain by iron-rich Hook granites” intruding low metamorphic Kundelungu Group sediments […]

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Altona reviews fluorspar-diamond potential

Altona Rare Earths plc is reassess the potential for fluorspar production at Monte Muambe in Mozambique and for diamonds at its Zambia copper project. VEINS The move follows results from initial flotation rougher tests which included rare earths recovery of 69.3% and “good selectivity of rare earth minerals versus fluorite”. Legacy exploration mainly focused on […]