Kambani yePolymetal yakazivisa munguva pfupi yapfuura kuti midziyo yesimbi yeTomtor niobium nesimbi yerare earth kuFar East inogona kuva imwe yemidziyo mitatu mikuru yepasi rose. Kambani iyi ine migove mishoma muchirongwa ichi.
Tomtor ndiyo purojekiti huru iyo Russia iri kuronga kuwedzera kugadzirwa kwesimbi dzisina kugadzirwa. Nyika dzisina kugadzirwa dzinoshandiswa muindasitiri yekudzivirira uye kugadzirwa kwemafoni nemotokari dzemagetsi.
"Chikero chaThomtor negiredhi zvinosimbisa kuti mugodhi uyu ndeimwe yenzvimbo dzakakura kwazvo pasi rose dzine niobium ne rare earth," akadaro CEO wePolymetals Vitaly Nesis mukuzivisa kwake.
Polymetal ikambani hombe inogadzira goridhe nesirivha, ine 9.1% yezvikamu muThreeArc Mining Ltd, iyo yakagadzira chirongwa ichi. Munun'una waVitali, muzvinabhizinesi wekuRussia, Alexander Nesis, ane mugove wakawanda muchirongwa ichi pamwe nekambani yepolymetal.
Kambani yeThree Arcs yatotanga kugadzirira ongororo yemari yekushandisa chirongwa ichi, kunyangwe zvakaoma kuwana mamwe marezenisi kubva kuhurumende yeRussia, uye dhizaini yacho ichiri kutarisana nematambudziko nekuda kwekunonoka kwedenda iri, Polymetal akadaro.
Kambani yekuchera sirivha yakati muna Ndira, ichikanganiswa nedenda iri, chirongwa cheTomtor chakambomiswa kwemwedzi mitanhatu kusvika mipfumbamwe. Zvaitarisirwa kare kuti chirongwa ichi chichatanga kushanda muna 2025, nekugadzirwa kwegore negore kwematani zviuru zana nemakumi matanhatu esimbi.
Kufungidzira kwekutanga kunoratidza kuti matura eTomtor anosangana nezvinodiwa neAustralian Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) matani 700,000 e niobium oxide uye matani mamiriyoni 1.7 e rare earth oxides.
Mount Weld (MT Weld) yekuAustralia neKvanefjeld (Kvanefjeld) yekuGreenland ndidzo dzimwe nzvimbo mbiri dzakakura dze rare earth deposits.