Mkango Commences Geotechnical Drilling and Pitting Program at Songwe Hill Rare Earths Project in Malawi
Mkango Commences Geotechnical Drilling and Pitting Program at Songwe Hill
Rare Earths Project in Malawi
LONDON and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mkango Resources Ltd (AIM / TSX-V:
MKA) (the “Company” or “Mkango”), is pleased to announce that the management team of Mkango, as well as leading
Malawian geotechnical engineering firm, Geoconsult Limited, and Zutari Limited, a geotechnical engineering firm which is
based in South Africa, are on site at the Songwe Hill Rare Earths development project to commence a major geotechnical
drilling and pitting program.
The geotechnical test work program will obtain samples from approximately 150 five-metre-deep pits and 22 twenty-metre drill
holes and is being undertaken to confirm the soil and ground characteristics of the Songwe Hill project area.
The geotechnical samples are being tested and investigated in Malawi at the Geoconsult Limited laboratories in Lilongwe and
will provide the detailed geotechnical information that is required to finalize the detailed engineering design plans, prior to the
completion of the Definitive Feasibility Study in Q1 2022.
Alexander Lemon, President of Mkango Resources Limited, commented: “This major geotechnical investigation program is
currently employing and training over 120 local Malawian skilled and unskilled personnel. We are very proud to be working with
leading Malawian companies such as Geoconsult and also Torrent a local Blantyre based plant hire company, promoting
Malawian local content and community participation in the ongoing development of this exciting Rare Earths project.”
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About Mkango Resources Limited
Mkango's corporate strategy is to develop new sustainable primary and secondary sources of neodymium, praseodymium,
dysprosium and terbium to supply accelerating demand from electric vehicles, wind turbines and other clean technologies.
This integrated Mine, Refine, recycle strategy differentiates Mkango from its peers, uniquely positioning the Company in the
rare earths sector.
Mkango is developing Songwe Hill in Malawi with a Feasibility Study targeted for completion in Q1 2022. Malawi is known as
"The Warm Heart of Africa", a stable democracy with existing road, rail and power infrastructure, and new infrastructure
developments underway.
In parallel, Mkango recently announced that Mkango and Grupa Azoty PULAWY, Poland's leading chemical company and the
second largest manufacturer of nitrogen and compound fertilizers in the European Union, have agreed to work together towards
development of a rare earth Separation Plant at Pulawy in Poland. The Separation Plant will process the purified mixed rare
earth carbonate produced at Songwe.
Through its ownership of Maginito ( www.maginito.com), Mkango is also developing green technology opportunities in the rare
earths supply chain, encompassing neodymium (NdFeB) magnet recycling as well as innovative rare earth alloy, magnet, and
separation technologies. Maginito holds a 25% interest in UK rare earth (NdFeB) magnet recycler, HyProMag
(www.hypromag.com) with an option to increase its interest to 49%.
Mkango also has an extensive exploration portfolio in Malawi, including the Mchinji rutile project, in addition to the Thambani
uranium-tantalum-niobium-zircon project and Chimimbe nickel-cobalt project.
For more information, please visit www.mkango.ca .
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respect to Mkango, its business, the Separation Plant and Songwe. Generally, forward looking statements can be identified by
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and other forward-looking statements will not occur, which may cause actual performance and results in future periods to differ
materially from any estimates or projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such factors and risks include, without limiting the foregoing, governmental action relating to COVID-19, COVID-
19 and other market effects on global demand and pricing for the metals and associated downstream products for which
Mkango is exploring, researching and developing, factors relating the development of the Separation Plant, including the
outcome and timing of the completion of the feasibility studies, cost overruns, complexities in building and operating the
Separation Plant, changes in economics and government regulation, the positive results of a feasibility study on Songwe Hill
and delays in obtaining financing or governmental approvals for, and the impact of environmental and other regulations relating
to, Songwe Hill and the Separation Plant. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the
date of this news release. Except as required by law, the Company disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to
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For further information on Mkango, please contact:
Mkango Resources Limited
William Dawes
Chief Executive Officer
Alexander Lemon
President
Canada: +1 403 444 5979
www.mkango.ca
@MkangoResources
Blytheweigh
Financial Public Relations
Tim Blythe
UK: +44 207 138 3204
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP
Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Jeff Keating, Caroline Rowe
UK: +44 20 3470 0470
Alternative Resource Capital
Joint Broker
Alex Wood, Keith Dowsing
UK: +44 20 7186 9004/5
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Richard Allan, Andrew Krelle
UK: +44 20 3848 1642 / +44 79 5636 2903
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