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What’s on in

NORWAY Henrik Schiellerup

Geological Survey of Norway

Photo: Morten Eriksen

NORWEGIAN

GEOLOGY

- is diverse

• Archean-Neoproterozoic

basement

• Paleoproterozoic

greenstone belts

• Proterozoic AMCG

provinces

• Carbonatites

• Caledonides as a major

structural element

• Paleozoic continental

Oslo rift

Metals

Industrial minerals

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Fe

Mo

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Active mining in Norway

NORWAY Extraction Processing

Employees 5 000 30 000

Turnover Mill. US$ 1 700 20 000

RESOURCE

POTENTIAL

KNOWN METALLIC ORES OF

CURRENT AND POSSIBLE

FUTURE IMPORTANCE

ACTIVE

IMPORTANT

Cu Fe Ni-Cu-PGE Au Ni-PGE Cu-Au Au-Cu Ni-Cu-Co Cu Fe Be Zn-Cu-Pb-Au Au Cu-Zn Cu-Zn Fe-V Zn-Cu Ni-Cu Ti Ni Mo Ni Cu-Co Nb-REE Mo Ti-P Ti

IMPORTANT

DEPOSITS

The most important known

deposits north of 60N are

described in ”Mineral Resources in

the Arctic” (Boyd et al. 2016)

NUSSIR – the largest copper deposit found in Norway

Pre-feasibility study completed:

Nussir: JORC compliant 65 Mt

Indicated: 18Mt @ 1.21 % Cu

Inferred: 47 Mt @ 1.16 % Cu

+ payable amounts of Au and Ag

Ulveryggen: JORC compliant 8 Mt

Indicated: 4Mt @ 0.81 % Cu

Inferred: 4Mt @ 0.79 % Cu

Engebøfjellet rutile/eclogite deposit (Nordic Mining ASA)

154 Mt @ 3.8 % TiO2

ENGEBØFJELLET Ti

Approved industrial area plan and discharge permit by the Norwegian government

Pre-feasibility study on-going

Permitted for 50 years, low regulatory risk, good infrastructure, close to market

FEN CARBONATITE(580 Ma)

• Søvitic calcio-carbonates with niobium and REE hosted by apatite

• Rauhaugitic ferro-carbonates with REE hosted by fluor-carbonates

• Rødbergite, altered ferro-carbonates; REE, Fe, Th

• Big resource (some 100 Mt) but no good quantification exists.

EXPLORATION

Cu, Au, Ni, PGE

Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, Au, Be

Cu, Zn, Au

Ti

REE, Nb, Cu, F, Mo, Co, P, Ti,

Ni, Sc

EXPLORATION

VMS AND SEDIMENT-HOSTED

Cu-Zn-Pb DEPOSITS

BROWNFIELD EXPLORATION

ON-GOING IN SEVERAL

MINING DISTRICTS

SEA FLOOR MASSIVE SULPHIDES IN NORWEGIAN WATERS

Pedersen and Bjerkgård 2016

- and a strong subsea

technology sector. A

powerful future mix (??)

Images: Offshore.no 2013

WHY EXPLORE IN NORWAY??

• SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR NEW DISCOVERIES

• ALWAYS CLOSE TO ICE-FREE DEEP-SEA HARBORS

• CLOSE TO EUROPEAN MARKETS

• INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE

• ACCESS TO CLEAN GREEN ENERGY (100 % HYDRO POWERED)

• SECURE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT

• VERY STRONG DOWNSTREAM INDUSTRY FOR OFF-TAKE

SERVING WORLD AND EUROPEAN MARKETS

Europe’s No 1 supplier of: titanium minerals, aluminum, ferroalloys, manganese alloys, nickel, ultra pure

quartz, silicon, mineral based fertilizer, nepheline, carbonate filler

SUMMARY, NORWAY:

• Dominated by industrial minerals, such as flake-quality graphite,

carbonates, nepheline syenite, olivine, quartz in various qualities.

• Two iron mines, one fully active

• One hard rock ilmenite mine (c. 6 % of World TiO2 produce)

• One low-production molybdenum mine

• Two major projects in feasibility stage: Sedimentary copper and

hard rock rutile

• Active brownfield exploration targets: Ni, VMS (Cu-Zn), Au

• Major greenfield targets: Mo, Ti-P, Ni-Cu-PGE, REE

• MAJOR ASSETS: ALWAYS CLOSE TO DEEP-SEA HARBOURS AND

CLEAN GREEN ENERGY

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