Nordic Quartz
The wholly owned subsidiary Nordic Quartz has exclusive landowner agreements for development of a hydrothermal quartz deposit in the Kvinnherad municipality in Norway.
Previous core drilling campaigns and processing tests have documented that the quartz deposit may be a viable source of High Purity Quartz (HPQ), being vital to the production of Photovoltaic components, semiconductors and specialized glassware.
Nordic Mining is currently conducting bulk sample testwork in order to reconfirm previous results and to produce product samples.
Nordic Quartz is a wholly owned subsidiary with exclusive landowner agreements for development of the Kvinnherad quartz project. The project lies in western Norway in Kvinnherad municipality, with Rosendal being the closest town approximately 10 km southwards. The deposit is close to infrastructure, located approximately 700 m from the county road and the fjord, but still in a sparsely populated area. Nordic Mining has actively been engaged with local stakeholders over many years to establish good communication and long-term relations.
The deposit is an about 600 m long hydrothermal quartz vein in granitic gneiss of Mesoproterozoic age. The Geological Survey of Norway has classified the deposit as a documented deposit of national interest. Beneficiation test work has proven that quartz from this deposit is a viable source to produce and supply the world with a High Purity Quartz (HPQ) product.
There is no globally established specification on High Purity Quartz (HPQ), but it is typically referred to quartz with purities above 99.995%. HPQ is vital in the production of photovoltaic components, semiconductors, specialized glassware, optical fibre, and optics industries. Various industries require different specifications in terms of HPQ quality and properties.
The deposit was first described by H.P Geis in 1964. In 2006, The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) showed a particular interest to this deposit when they published a report looking into quartz resources in Western Norway. A follow up on this study was published in 2011.
Nordic Mining signed the first landowner agreement in 2010, and several studies and analysis has been conducted since. An extensive fieldwork program was carried out in 2010 and 2011, including geological mapping, delineation of the mineral resource at surface, and rock chip sampling.
Both geochemical and geophysical surveys were achieved the following years. Among others, GeoVista AB conducted a magnetic survey in 2012, where the primary objective was to map the limits of the quartz vein and to estimate a minimum extent towards depth. A scoping study, also referred to as a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA), was provided by Dorfner Anzaplan later the same year.
A drilling campaign was planned and executed in 2015, consisting of 6 drill holes. The campaign, along with surface mapping, led up to Mirab Mineral Resurser AB providing a resource estimate in 2016 based on “The International Template for public reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves, July 2006” (CRIRSCO). The total Mineral Resource stands at 4.3 Mt, with 2.9 Mt of Indicated resources @65% hydrothermal quartz, and 1.3 Mt of Inferred resources @66% hydrothermal quartz.
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