Marula Mining
PLC
("Marula'' or the "Company")
17
September 2024
First Manganese Exports Sales
Completed Under Agreements with
Gems and Industrial Minerals
at the Larisoro Manganese Mine
Marula Mining PLC
(AQSE: MARU A2X: MARU) an African focused mining and development company, is
pleased to announce that the first manganese exports sales under
the Company's Mine Support Services
Agreement ("MMSA") with Kenyan company Gems and
Industrial Minerals Limited ("GIM"), have been completed
from the Larisoro Manganese Mine ("Larisoro" or
the "Mine") in Samburu County, Kenya.
Exports sales of an initial 476
tonnes of manganese at an average grade of 37% manganese ("Mn")
from the stockpiled manganese ore in Nairobi was completed under
the management of GIM and with Scan Global Logistics Group's ("SGL
Group") Kenya-based subsidiary, Scan Global Logistics Kenya Limited
("SGL Kenya"). The containers of the high-grade manganese ore were
loaded in Nairobi and transported to the Port of Mombasa and loaded
on the vessel M.V. Kota Kaya, which departed from the Port on 16
September 2024 with the containerised manganese ore to be delivered
to customers in China under existing offtake agreements.
Under the terms of the
MMSA, Marula is now due to receive 60% of the net
proceeds from the sale of this initial manganese ore export. Sales
of manganese ore from Larisoro will continue on a monthly basis and
are expected to increase in Q4 2024 as the Company
accelerates its planned US$1.5 million
investment in new mining, crushing, screening and processing plant
equipment.
The
Directors of Marula are responsible for the contents of this
announcement. This announcement contains
inside information for the purposes of UK Market Abuse
Regulation.
About Marula Mining
Marula Mining PLC
(AQSE: MARU A2X: MARU) is an African focused battery metals investment and
exploration company and has interests in several high value mining
operations and mine development projects in Africa: the
Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum Mine, Northern Cape Lithium and
Tungsten Project, Korridor Lithium Project and Kruisrivier Cobalt
Mine, all in South Africa; the Larisoro Manganese Mine and Kilifi
Manganese Processing Operation both in Kenya; the Kinusi Copper
Mine, the Nyorinyori Graphite Project, the NyoriGreen Graphite
Project and the Bagamoyo Graphite Project all in Tanzania and the
Nkombwa Hill Project in Zambia. As we advance operations at these
battery metals focused projects, Marula will continue to build and
expand its interests in other high-quality projects in
Africa.
Marula's strategy is to identify and
invest in advanced and high-value mining projects throughout East,
Central and Southern Africa that the Directors believe would
deliver returns for its shareholders. The Board and management team
aims to establish Marula as a socially and environmentally
responsible, sustainable, and profitable producer of critical
metals and commodities that are of increasingly strategic
importance to modern technologies and the global economy. Marula's
shares are traded on AQUIS Stock Exchange (AQSE) in London and A2X
Markets in South Africa. Marula is exploring opportunities to admit
its shares to trading on Kenya's Nairobi Securities Exchange
and South Africa's Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
For
enquiries contact:
Marula Mining PLC
Jason Brewer,
Chief Executive Officer
Faith Kinyanjui Mumbi
Investor Relations
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Email :
jason@marulamining.com
Email :
info@marulamining.com
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