Dig Deep Discovering and Starting Production of Battery Metals in Africa with Jason Brewer
In this episode, we chat with Jason Brewer, CEO of Marula Mining. An African-focused mining investment company, exploring and discovering battery metals in East, Central and Southern Africa.
A mine engineer by trade, Jason has over 25 years of experience in international mining, financial markets and investment banking and has been responsible for structuring and arranging corporate and project financing facilities for mining and exploration companies with a particular focus on projects in Africa. He talks about Marula Mining and what they are looking to achieve in the battery sector in Africa including their Blesberg mine, their potential graphite mine and copper development in Tanzania and their rare earths project in Zambia.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Marula Mining has projects in South Africa, Zambia, and Tanzania.
- Their portfolio includes Lithium, Tantalum, Rare Earths, phosphates
- They are planning to move into graphite, copper, and other battery products.
- For new projects, the focus is on operations that can be put into production within a year.
- They aim to get returns for shareholders fast.
- Blesberg has a lot of historical mining for other materials.
- Much of the waste generated over the past 80 years has processable spodumene in it.
- The first sales of lithium out of Blesberg are expected in Jan 2023.
- Their customers have provided the funding they needed to do this.
- They are exploring the idea of wind power for the mine.
- Marula has found surface copper deposits at their Zambia project.
- In Tanzania, they have good copper results.
- Their Zambian rare earths project is already JORC compliant.
BEST MOMENT
´ We're looking at projects, which we feel we can get into production within a six to 12-month period. ´
´ We're are ahead of schedule of where I thought we would be.’
EPISODE RESOURCES
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-brewer-771006207/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JB_MiningAfrica
Twitter Marula PLC: https://twitter.com/MarulaPlc
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ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.
CONTACT METHOD
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Podcast Description
Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people’s experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry t