Description
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AMIS0318, Ni 1686 ppm, Cu 1566 ppm , PGM 3E 0.53 g/t, Nkomati, South Africa
Origin of Material: The material for AMIS0318 was provided by the Nkomati Nickel Mine, joint venture between ARM Platinum and Norilsk Nickel Africa (Pty) Ltd. The mine is situated in the Machadodorp area, Mpumalanga, approximately 300 km east of Johannesburg in South Africa.
Mineral and Chemical Composition: Mineralisation at Nkomati occurs in a number of distinct zones within the Uitkomst Complex, a layered mafic-ultramafic intrusion exposed in a broad valley dissecting the Transvaal Sequence. Economic sulphide mineralization occurs as disseminations, blebs and stringers in three zones, namely the Basal Mineralised Zone (BMZ), in the Basal Gabbro; the Main Mineralised Zone (MMZ), in the Lower Pyroxenite, and the Chromititic Peridotite Mineralised Zone (PCMZ), in the Chromititic Peridotite. The Massive Sulphide Body (MSB), which was situated mainly in the granite basement below the Uitkomst Complex, has been mined out.
Recommended Concentrations and Limits
(at two Standard Deviations)
Certified Concentrations
Pt Pb Collection 0.17 ± 0.02 g/t
Pd Pb Collection 0.30 ± 0.02 g/t
Co P 98 ± 7 ppm
Cu M/ICP 1566 ± 108 ppm
Cu P 1552 ± 81 ppm
Cu XRF 1495 ± 168 ppm
Ni P 1529 ± 121 ppm
Ni XRF 1653 ± 196 ppm
Specific Gravity 2.92 0.14
Provisional Concentration
Au Pb Collection 0.06 ± 0.01 g/t
Co M/ICP 107 ± 14 ppm
Co XRF 107 ± 29 ppm
Ni M/ICP 1686 ± 216 ppm
