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HARARE - Premier African Minerals Limited plans to acquire and install a secondary flotation plant at its Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Project in Zimbabwe, as the company faces challenges with its current processing facility reaching commercial production targets.
The decision follows an engineering audit focused on pumping, pipeline performance, and water and mass balance assessments at the existing plant, according to a company press release issued Thursday. The audit team is expected to deliver an interim report within days and a complete assessment within the coming week.
Premier African Minerals stated it "has now determined that it is in the Company’s best interests to immediately acquire, install and commission" a 15-20 TPH flotation cell plant manufactured by Xinhai Technology Processing EPC, which is currently located in Harare.
While the company maintains that its current flotation plant could eventually achieve planned design capacity given "adequate time and resources," recent financial assessments have prompted the decision to supplement operations with the secondary facility.
Graham Hill, Managing Director of Premier African Minerals, noted that the secondary plant employs a "technically straightforward" metallurgical recovery process that has been successfully used with similar ore compositions at other Zimbabwe operations.
The company did not provide specific timelines for when the secondary flotation plant would be operational, stating only that "planned timing for the Secondary Flotation Plant availability will be finalised in due course."
Premier African Minerals is also engaged in ongoing commercial discussions with its prepayment and offtake partner, which the company indicated could have "material bearing" on assessments of the current plant’s potential to achieve sustainable commercial production.
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