SML contains a resource base of approximately 31 million tonnes of bauxite and
currently produces around 1.2 million tonnes per annum for export.
Measured & Indicated Resources
| Deposits |
% SiO2 |
% AI2O3 |
% AA |
Ore (,000 t) |
Overbunden 1,000m3 |
| Gbone |
3.2 |
53.4 |
50.3 |
9,522 |
1,672 |
| Gondama |
3.0 |
53.0 |
50.0 |
31 |
1 |
| Jenega |
2.6 |
53.3 |
50.7 |
856 |
91 |
| Konta |
2.6 |
51.7 |
49.0 |
967 |
110 |
| Wunde |
2.6 |
51.2 |
48.7 |
1102 |
108 |
| Washed Reserve Total |
3.9 |
53.1 |
50.1 |
12,478 |
1,982 |
Inferred Resources
| Deposits |
% SiO2 |
% AI2O3 |
Ore (,000 t) |
| Gbonge |
2.0 |
52.0 |
540 |
| Gondama |
2.0 |
50.0 |
8,920 |
| Kapui |
4.0 |
52.0 |
750 |
| Mokanji |
5.0 |
47.7 |
9,900 |
| Washed Reserve Total |
3.6 |
49.0 |
20,110 |
