Laterite mining
Shallow, free-dig ore developed in staged mining campaigns.
Kwamtoro Nickel Project · Tanzania
From laterite resource to battery-supply opportunity.
A resource-gated exploration and modular processing strategy designed to create a practical pathway to Mixed Hydroxide Precipitate production.
Exploration foundation
A coherent nickel-laterite target in central Tanzania.
The Kwamtoro asset is located in Kondoa District, Dodoma Region, under Prospecting Licence PL 13650/2025.
SGS Tanzania soil assays identify a coherent nickel-cobalt- chromium-iron geochemical signature over interpreted ultramafic host geology. The project is in early exploration, with trenching, auger drilling, mineralogy, and follow-up technical work planned to test the anomaly.
Exploration results and targets are conceptual. Insufficient work has been completed to estimate a Mineral Resource, and there is no certainty that further exploration will result in one.
The product pathway
Why Mixed Hydroxide Precipitate?
MHP is a nickel-cobalt intermediate produced through hydrometallurgical processing of laterite ore. It provides a pathway into nickel-sulphate and cathode-material supply chains.
Feed preparation
Scrubbing, classification, and blending for consistent leach feed.
Leaching
Atmospheric or pressure-leach pathways selected through test work.
Purification
Counter-current washing and impurity removal.
Precipitation
Nickel and cobalt recovered as mixed hydroxide.
MHP product
A battery-chain intermediate for further refining.
Resource-gated roadmap
Validate first. Scale with confidence.
Each phase is designed to reduce geological, metallurgical, regulatory, and commercial uncertainty before larger capital commitments.
Validate
- Trenching and auger drilling
- Mineralogy and metallurgy
- Qualified technical oversight
Define resource
- Systematic drilling
- Independent resource work
- Pre-feasibility assessment
Pilot & feasibility
- Leach pilot program
- Definitive feasibility study
- Permits, financing, and offtake
Modular production
- Commission initial module
- Qualify MHP product
- Expand with validated demand
Tanzania execution advantage
Build from an existing mineral economy.
Local supply base
Existing nickel ore activity, contractors, logistics, and regional mining expertise provide a practical operating base.
Brownfield-first options
Existing pits, roads, and small-scale industrial production can support a staged route while Kisma defines its own resource.
Modular processing
Atmospheric-leach and heap-leach concepts can be tested at an appropriate scale before any full-scale pressure-leach investment.
Permitting pathway
Processing and environmental work is being advanced in parallel with exploration and technical validation.
Long-term ambition
35,000 tonnes per year of MHP.
This production target is an aspirational development case, not a current production forecast. It remains subject to resource definition, metallurgical performance, feasibility, permits, financing, construction, commissioning, and market agreements.