Australian's Atomic Resources has confirmed that the estimated size of the Ngaka coal deposit in Tanzania, in which it has an interest through its subsidiary Pacific Corporation East Africa, has been increased 18% to 212 mt.
The increase is a result of the inclusion of the eastern extension of previously developed resource models info a newly acquired concession which was not previously part of the company's landholding and consequently has not been previously reported, it said.
Statistical analysis of coal quantities for each of the five seams indicate that the coal is a high ash, low moisture, low sulphur sub bituminous coal and its calorific value makes it considered suitable for thermal coal, particularly for power generation and may also be considered suitable for industrial use in cement manufacture and fertiliser manufacture.
Pacific Corporation and state-run National Development Corporation have a joint venture in local-based Tancoal Energy to develop the Ngaka coal deposit. Tancoal Energy plans to use the coal to drive a 400 MW power plant it is aiming to build by 2012.
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