Glossary

Material such as ilmenite or titania slag, which is suitable for pigment production using the "chloride" production route

The process for manufacture of Ti02 pigment by chlorination of titanium-bearing raw materials

Cost, Insurance and Freight. Selling on a CIF basis means that the seller assumes the transportation costs

Centre for Promotion of Investment, Mozambique

Definitive Feasibility Study

Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management

Ferrous Iron Oxide

Free on board (ship)

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Banded pressure altered rock

Common worldwide host for gold

Heavy Mineral Concentrate. Concentrated heavy mineral mix extracted from deposits containing ilmenite, zircon, rutile and other heavy minerals

Industrial Free Zone

The most common titanium bearing mineral, consisting of Fe0.TiO2, with up to 6% Fe2O3 in solid solution

Commercial products containing ilmenite and pseudorutile, averaging 35%-65% TiO2

Definition of mineral deposit at low level of confidence

Definition of mineral deposit at moderate level of confidence

Internal Rate of Return

Joint Venture

Soil hardened by precipitation of iron

A naturally occurring alteration product of ilmenite, containing TiO2 in the range 65% and 90%

metres

Altered sedimentary rocks

Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mozambique

Mineral Licence Agreement

Memo of Understanding

Net Present Value

Phosphoric Oxide

Pre-Feasibility Study

Electrical geophysical methods

A process whereby a mineral is heated to modify its chemical characteristics

The purest, naturally occurring titanium-bearing mineral, containing over 95% TiO2

An enriched TiO2 product arising from smelting of ilmenite, typically containing 75%-85% Ti02

The fine silt fraction of the ore

Material such as ilmenite or titania slag which is suitable for pigment production using the "sulphate" production route

The process for production of Ti02 pigment by digestion of titanium-bearing raw materials in sulfuric acid

A product manufactured from an ilmenite product by removal of most of the iron content of the ilmenite, typically containing 90%-95% Ti02

Waste material from mineral processing operations

Total Heavy Minerals. All heavy minerals in mineral sands with specific gravity >2.9

Titanium dioxide, occurring in a number of minerals including ilmenite, rutile and leucoxene. The main commercial application of TiO2 is as a whitening pigment.

Titanium is mainly used to produce titanium dioxide pigment which is non-toxic, inert and imparts a brilliance and opacity. It is widely used in paints, plastics and paper. It is also used to produce titanium metal which has a high strength to weight ratio, is non-reactive and resistant to oxidation. It is used increasingly in aircraft and space craft. Because it is non-reactive, it is used extensively in surgery.

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Uranium

Zircon is a form of zirconium which because of heat and corrosion resistance properties, is used in chemical processing equipment, sanitary ware, refractories and electronic appliances and also in jewellery as zirconia.