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Exploration of mining resources in Kara Turgai

Industry:

Mining

Stage:

Greenfield

Location:

Central Kazakhstan

7

US$ million
Investments needed

Sulphide phase wt %
Copper

7.3

8.6

Sulphide phase wt %
Nickel

Surface sample collection year

2019

Key Highlights

1

Astra Mining Ltd (AML) is a joint British-Kazakh company registered and operating in
Kazakhstan. The company is exploring and developing a JORC compliant resource report for
the Kara Turgai license

2

Surface samples were collected during 2019 exploration campaign and analysed by Cardiff
University. After the careful examination of the estimation of Kazakhstan geologist
O. Beyseev (2010) and Cardiff University (2019), the ore was found to contain sulphides,
with Pentlandite and Chalcopyrite representing the main exploration targets

3

The mining licence was awarded by the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development (MIID) on July 2019

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