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Canadian registered Caledonia is a mine, development and exploration company with assets in Africa. The Company’s current focus is its producing Blanket gold mine in Zimbabwe, development of the Nama cobalt project in Zambia and the Rooipoort platinum-nickel exploration project in South Africa.
As one of the world’s largest known primary cobalt oxide deposits, the Nama Project is Caledonia’s most exciting development project. The signing of the first cobalt offtake agreement with a large Chinese refiner will enable Nama to move into mine development, with first production targeted in early 2009. The deposit will be mined by open-pit and conventional cobalt extraction to produce a cobalt hydroxide.
The producing Blanket gold mine is currently completing an expansion to increase annual production to 40,000 ounces/year from 20,000 ounces/year.
The Rooipoort platinum-nickel exploration project is located on the Northern side of the Bushveld complex, about 300kms north of Johannesburg.
Caledonia has a strong, experienced management team and Board of Directors with diverse expertise in gold production, exploration, mine development, finance and marketing.
Nama Cobalt Project
Caledonia Nama Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caledonia, holds five contiguous exploration licences in northern Zambia which host near–surface cobalt/copper mineralization. This area lies immediately north west of the operating Konkola Copper mine and adjoins the extensive holdings of Teal Mining and Exploration Limited. In November 2006 the Zambian authorities agreed to grant a Retention Licence to Caledonia Nama Limited in order to enable the Company to conclude the detailed evaluation of mineral resources outlined by earlier work. This Retention Licence covers an area of 80,625 hectares and is valid for two years.
Blanket Mine
Located in the southwestern end of Zimbabwe, Blanket Mine is a wholly Caledonia owned and operated property having been acquired from Kinross Gold Corporation in June 2006. The mine is 560 kms from Harare, the capital city and 150 kms from Bulawayo, the country’s second largest city. Gwanda town, the provincial capital of Matabeleland South, the province in which Blanket Mine is located, is 16 kms from the mine.
To date in excess of 1 million ounces of gold have been produced from the property. Blanket Mine currently mills 600TPD (tonnes per day) of underground ore.
Rooipoort Platinum Project
To date, the Company has drilled a total of 18,450 meters in 54 holes on the Rooipoort PGE/Ni/Cu Exploration Project. This drilling covers the full 6 km strike length that makes up the project area.
Falconbridge has drilled a total of 7,393 meters in 22 holes on the portions of Grasvally and the farms Jaagbaan and Moordrift that comprise most of the property purchased from Falconbridge.
Other Exploration
- Mulonga Plain
- Kadola Group of Licences
- Bubi Greenstone Belt
- Goedgevonden
- Kashiji Plain
- Kikerk Lake
- Barbrook Mines Limited
- Eersteling Gold Mining Company Limited
- Roodepoort
Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
| Directors | |
| G. Rupert Pardoe | Chairman |
| Stefan E. Hayden | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Steve Curtis | Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer |
| Carl R. Jonsson | Director and Company Secretary |
| James Johnstone | Director |
| Christopher Harvey | Director |
| Robert Liverant | Director |
| Robert Babensee | Non-executive Director |
| Management | |
| Stefan E. Hayden | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Steve Curtis | Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer |
| Dr. Trevor Pearton | Vice President, Exploration |
| Mark Learmonth | Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations |
Company AddressSuite 1201
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Additional Address/Key ContactCorporate Offices |
CapitalCommon Shares: 500,169,280
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Annual General MeetingToronto, Canada | Year End31 December |
Nominated BrokersRBC Capital Markets | Nominated AdvisorsRBC Capital Markets |
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