Highlights

Nigeria’s Benue Trough is recognised as a major lead/zinc province – the most prospective in West Africa. It remains largely unexplored with modern methods. There are known large deposits in the Lower and Middle Benue Regions at Ishiagu, Abakaliki and Akwana. The Abakaliki deposit is already known to contain over one million tonnes at 15% combined lead/zinc. There is also known mineralisation in the Upper Benue region. EcoPhoenix hold three licences – Nahuta Areas 1, 2 and 3 – for further exploration. Within these licence areas there are high grade veins being worked by
artisanal miners.

Investigations by independent consultants, CSA Global, have revealed that:
‘Initial work at Nahuta has demonstrated the presence of high grade lead, zinc, copper and silver mineralisation.’

‘This style of mineralisation has more potential for discovery of multiple high-grade deposits.’

CSA Global, Information Memorandum March 2009