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The Kamativi mine was one of the largest tin mines in Zimbabwe.[1] The mine is located in western Zimbabwe in Matabeleland North Province.[2] The Kamativi mine has reserves amounting to 100 million tonnes of tin ore grading 0.28% tin thus resulting 0.28 million tonnes of tin.[1] The tin and tantalum mine was operated from 1936 until 1994.[3] Since the mine's closure, local artisanal miners have worked the pegmatite for cassiterite and tantalite.[4]

The ore was subsequently determined to contain lithium,[3] and a project has been launched to extract the lithium from the mine's tailings.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Global lithium resources" (PDF). uchile.cl. 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Kamativi Mine, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe". MinDat. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b Szlugaj, Jarosław (2022). "Lithium sources and their current use". Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi (Mineral Resources Management). 38 (1): 61–88. doi:10.24425/gsm.2022.140613. citing Goodenough, Kathryn; Deady, Eimear; Shaw, Richard (2021). "Lithium resources and their potential to support battery chains in Africa". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Scenic view of Kamativi tin mine". MinDat. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Kamativi Lithium Project". Kamativi Lithium and Bulawayo Gold Projects, Zimbabwe. Galileo Resources Plc.


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