In an agreement reached with LaSource Miniere of France, Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) will increase its rights to the Tambo Grande massive sulphide project in Peru to 75% from 52.5%.
Once a feasibility study is complete, a new company will be formed to operate the project. Ownership in the company will be split between Manhattan and the Peruvian government, with 75% and 25% respectively.
LaSource Miniere took over the mining assets of the Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, an agency of the French government, through a 1994 agreement with the Australian mining group Normandy.
The 10,000-ha Tambo Grande concession contains a drill-inferred resource of 42.3 million tonnes grading 2.04% copper, 1.47% zinc, 37.7 grams silver per tonne and minor amounts of lead.
The resource exists near the surface in a relatively undisturbed, flat-lying football-shaped pyrite body of 100 million tonnes. Drilling has been confined to an area measuring 700 by 400 metres, and to depths of 250 metres. Gravity results suggest the deposit is open in all directions.
Manhattan has also staked 111,100 ha next door to the concession.
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