Selkirk adds six years to Tati Mine life

Tati Nickel Mine
Tati Nickel Mine

Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC) has completed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for its new concession, which is meant to increase life for Selkirk Mine by six years.

TNMC has two main assets or resources, being Phoenix and Selkirk with the former having depleted its ore and has been mothballed.

TNMC head of mining, Koketso Botepe told BusinessWeek that the EIA process started February this year.

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