LITHIUM MINING IN MANONO, DRC CONGO
Manono Lithium-Tin Project
The Manono Lithium-Tin Project is an open-pit mining development in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in central Africa. It is estimated to be one of the largest lithium-rich LCT (lithium, caesium, tantalum) pegmatite deposits in the world.
The Manono Lithium-Tin Project is an open-pit mining development in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in central Africa. It is estimated to be one of the largest lithium-rich LCT (lithium, caesium, tantalum) pegmatite deposits in the world.
Manono Lithium-Tin project location and geology
The lithium and tin project is located approximately 500km north of Lubumbashi in the southern part of DRC. The project area is situated within the mining licence PR13359, which spans approximately 188km².
The project location lies in the intra-cratonic domain of the southwest-northeast striking, mid-Proterozoic Kibaran Belt that extends across 1,000km through Katanga and into south-west Uganda. Archaean rocks of the Tanzanian Craton underlay the belt in the east while the west and southern portions are underlain by Lower Proterozoic metamorphic rocks.
The Kibaran belt is primarily a granite folded, metamorphosed and intruded sedimentary and volcanic sequence. The major deposits are characterised by widespread vein and pegmatite mineralisation comprising tin, lithium, beryllium, tungsten, niobium, and tantalum