Okorusu Fluorspar Mine E-Deposit, NAMIBIA - Feasibility Study

The Okorusu Fluorspar mine explored a new fluorite deposit starting 2009. An independent South African Company, Geotech Africa, was asked to develop an open pit mining concept after modelling the E-deposit based on the raw drillhole data in 2013. The design proposed was basic and required further investigation into the viability of the mining concept. Due to existing open pit operations, the company proposed a study on the viability of exploiting the deposit using underground mining methods and the existing surface mining equipment The primary objective of this study is to serve as a scoping study through investigation of underground mining method concepts in terms of technical and economic viability and feasibility, given the challenging nature of the E-Deposit as well as possible further use of surface mining equipment. It will serve as a first scope optimisation study to indicate the viability of mining underground with existing equipment.