Sample Professional Intelligence Report (Tier 2) — illustrative, built entirely on open public data to show the format of a paid GeaSpirit report. Not a for-sale listing, not ownership-verified, not investment advice.
Kamativi Tin Mine & Lithium Tailings — Sample Intelligence Report
A tin mine that closed in 1994 on low prices, now a critical-mineral tailings revival: ~26 Mt of tailings grading 0.58% Li₂O sit above a lithium-bearing LCT pegmatite. The clearest worked example of GeaSpirit’s tailings-opportunity thesis.
1. Executive summary
Kamativi worked an LCT (lithium-caesium-tantalum) spodumene pegmatite for tin and tantalum from 1936 to 1994, closing on low world tin prices — again an economic closure over an unexhausted system. Its modern value is the inversion of mining waste into resource: the tailings dam carries a 2018 JORC Indicated 26.32 Mt @ 0.58% Li₂O, with hard-rock pegmatite and by-product tin/tantalum/niobium recovery planned. It sits in the MEDIUM band — strong, sourced figures offset by execution and jurisdiction risk.
2. GeaSpirit Score
Headline GeaSpirit Score: 63.3 / 100 MEDIUM confidence. The score is a 0–100 triage signal built from four 0–25 dimensions — Signal (spectral + geological favourability), Access/Depth (reachability + infrastructure), Precision (spatial tightness) and Certainty (validation strength, penalised for missing evidence). Read it with its band, never in isolation. See the methodology for the full definition.
3. Open-data asset profile
| Field | Open-data value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial status | Undeveloped / exploration | L1 |
| Known production / estimate | ~37,000 t tin and ~3,000 t tantalum ore produced over 1936-1994 operating life (Galileo/KMC sources). | L2 · sourced |
| Resource / reserve | Historic tin ore reserve 100 Mt @ 0.28% Sn (~0.28 Mt Sn). Lithium tailings: JORC Indicated 26.32 Mt @ 0.58% Li2O (2018). | L2 · sourced |
| Grade | 0.28% Sn (tin ore); 0.58% Li2O (tailings lithium resource, 2018 JORC). | L2 · sourced |
| Operator | Kamativi Mining Co (KMC); lithium tailings via Chimata Gold/Zimbabwe Lithium Co; Galileo Resources held hardrock option. | L1 |
| Period | Tin mine 1936-1994 (closed). Lithium tailings/hardrock revived 2018-present; tin/Ta/Nb recovery planned Sept 2026. | L1 |
| Deposit type | LCT (lithium-caesium-tantalum) spodumene-bearing pegmatite hosting cassiterite/tantalite; pegmatites dated ca. 1030 Ma. | L1 |
| Closure / status reason | Tin mine closed in 1994 due to low world tin prices. | L1 |
| Coordinates | -18.3156, 27.0573 | verified |
Historic tin mine; lithium tailings revival.
4. Second-chance thesis
Tailings reprocessing is the lowest-strip, fastest second-chance category in mining: the material is already mined, crushed and on surface, so capital and permitting are lighter than a greenfield pit. Kamativi stacks three theses on one footprint — (1) lithium from tailings (battery-grade demand, defined JORC resource), (2) hard-rock spodumene beneath, and (3) by-product Sn-Ta-Nb recovery from both streams (planned ~Sept 2026). The risks are Zimbabwe-jurisdiction (fiscal terms, export policy on lithium concentrate) and metallurgical recovery from aged tailings.
5. Comparables
Comparable LCT/tailings lithium plays: Zimbabwe’s own Bikita and Arcadia pegmatite lithium operations anchor the country’s lithium credibility. For tailings-to-resource analogues, Australia’s Greenbushes added a Tailings Retreatment Plant (2022) over the world’s premier hard-rock lithium system — the same waste-to-feed logic at scale.
6. Due-diligence checklist
- Verify the 2018 JORC tailings resource and its competent-person sign-off; check for any update.
- Metallurgical recovery test work on aged tailings (Li deportment, spodumene vs. fines).
- Zimbabwe fiscal and export-policy review (lithium concentrate export rules, royalties, indigenisation).
- Confirm tenure/ownership chain across KMC, Chimata/Zimbabwe Lithium Co and any option holders.
- By-product economics for Sn-Ta-Nb recovery and the planned 2026 circuit.
- Tailings-dam geotechnical and environmental status before reprocessing design.
7. Evidence & provenance
Primary open source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamativi_mine. Production, resource and grade figures are at Evidence Level 2 (matched to a cited open source); a Tier-3 Revival Dossier would add GeaSpirit-engine satellite back-analysis, geochemical context and independent verification. Each figure and the source document can be hashed (SHA-256) and timestamp-anchored on the SOST chain, making this report’s provenance tamper-evident — we anchor trust, never ownership.