Sungu Sungu Mining
Operations
Melmoth Iron Ore Project, KwaZulu Natal (South Africa)
Sungu Sungu (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of Sungu Sungu Group has partnered with Jindal Steel and Power for the Melmoth Iron ore project. It is Banded Iron Formation (BIF) with an estimated 1 billion tons of resource based on previous drilling information and currently busy with exploration and drilling to better quantify and qualify the resource base.
Melmoth area is at 31⁰ 25’ 00” E, 28⁰ 40’ 00” S
Location and infrastructure
- 70km to the west of Richards Bay bulk handling port
- Single gauge rail line linking site to Richards bay
- Power locally available
- Large dam located on site in the southern part
- Established road network into the project site for ease of access
- And there is sufficient basic infrastructure in the area including not only limited to road access, water, electricity and railway infrastructure.
Estimated resources and type of mineralisation
- The ore is a magnetite bearing Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
- The BIF can be traced for over 20km in strike
- Intersection over 100m thick have been recorded in boreholes
- Large areas remain untested by drilling
- 30 boreholes have been drilled in the 1980s in the area