AFRICA SPECIAL — Tiomin makes titanium find

Toronto-based Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) has discovered a second titanium deposit in Kenya.

The resource, estimated at 1.2 billion tonnes grading 3% heavy minerals, was outlined by a 128-hole drill program at Tiomin’s Sokoke mineral sand prospect.

Tiomin estimates the resource contains more than 1.5 million tonnes of rutile (titanium oxide), 1.2 million tonnes of zircon and at least 10 million tonnes of ilmenite (iron-titanium oxide). High-grade zones are expected to contain combined rutile and zircon grades approaching 0.5%.

The prospect is within 10 km of a deep water port at Kilifi, and is adjacent to power lines and a highway.

Deep drilling will determine the depth of the high-grade zones in the western margin of the mineralized area.

Some deep holes will also be drilled on Tiomin’s previously announced Mambrui titanium prospect, where resources are estimated to exceed 650 million tonnes grading more than 3% titanium-bearing heavy minerals. The mineralized zone at Mambrui contains about 15 million tonnes of ilmenite and 1.5 million tonnes of combined rutile and zircon.