The Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum Mine in South Africa has added new mobile mining equipment according to Marula Mining.
The equipment, secured for approximately US$0.54mn through Q Global Commodities Group’s existing relationship with Bell Equipment, will help with the commencement of operations and to assist with exploration trenching and drilling work.
It is on standard hire purchase arrangements and further increases the existing 1,000 tonnes daily capacity of the existing mining fleet onsite.
The additions include a JCB 456ZX wheel loader and a JCB JS305 tracked excavator which are in addition to the Kobelco SK380XDLC excavator, a JCB 3CX backhoe loader, two new JCB 456ZX wheel loaders, and two new Bell B25E articulated dump trucks which arrived on site in Q2 2023.
Jason Brewer, Marula Mining PLC CEO, commented, “We are delighted to have secured this additional new mining equipment, and are pleased to see it now on site and complementing the existing mining fleet.
As always, we appreciate the efforts of our partner, Q Global, for their assistance in ensuring that we obtain this equipment in a timely and cost effective manner.
“This development further demonstrates Marula’s increasing investment in Blesberg, emphasising our commitment to both the existing stockpiles as well as scaling up the mining operation as we expand and move towards a more conventional hard rock open pit mining operation.”
