{"id":110251,"title":"Marula Mining Plc (AQSE:MARU) Quarterly Activities Update","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2023-09-28T06:53:53+00:00","modified":"2023-09-28T06:53:53+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/marula-mining-plc-aqsemaru-quarterly-activities-update/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/marula-mining-plc-aqsemaru-quarterly-activities-update.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/marula-mining-plc-aqsemaru-quarterly-activities-update.json","category":"Mining","categories":["Mining"],"tags":["Africa","AQUIS Stock Exchange","COPPER","geological","Jason Brewer","Johannesburg Stock Exchange","Kenya","Kinusi","London Stock Exchange","mapping","MARU","Marula Mining","Mineralisation","Mining","Nairobi","Nkwomba Hill Niobium","Project","rare earth element","Share Talk","South Africa","survey","Takela","Tantalum","Tanzania","Tanzanian","wind turbines"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"**Marula Mining (AQSE: MARU)** an African-focused mining investment company, is pleased to update the market and shareholders on the activities of the Company for the three-month period ended 30 June 2023 (the “Quarter”).\n\n**KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE QUARTER**\n\n- **Operational Performance at the Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum Mine**** **\n\nThe Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum Mine (“Blesberg”) is located approx. 94km north of the town of Springbok in the Namaqualand District of the Northern Cape and includes the Noumas I and Noumas II pegmatite bodies. Operations on site during the Quarter were focused of mine site infrastructure development; the sampling, processing and recovery of high-grade spodumene from the historic stockpile, and exploration focused on the hard rock potential across the prospecting right.\n\nMaterial from the historical stockpile was hauled daily throughout the Quarter for processing through the mobile crushing and screening equipment and stockpiled according to the size fractions for final beneficiation and sorting.\n\nhttps://twitter.com/Share_Talk/status/1707280650271604771\n\nDuring the Quarter, 14,924.90 tonnes (“t”) of material was loaded and hauled from the historic stockpiles. This was a 129.61% increase on the 6,500t of material movements in Q1 2023.\n\n7,366t of the 14,924.90t material moved was processed through the crushing and screening circuit during the Quarter compared to 6,500t in Q1 2023 and 8,500t of material was used for both road construction and in drill pad preparation and access roads for the diamond drilling program that has since commenced in Q3 2023.\n\nAt Quarter end, total material in product stockpiles  increased by 145.19% to 16,011t and comprised:\n\n|   |   |   |   |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Material Sizing** | **Tonnes as at Q2 2023** | **Tonnes as at Q1 2023** | **% Increase** |\n| Run-of-mine | 7,558t | – | n.a. |\n| >140mm | 1,865t | 630t | +196.03% |\n| 10mm to 55mm | 2,288t | 2,700t | -15.26% |\n|"}