Polymetal iherutse gutangaza ko Tomtor niobium n'ibice by'icyuma bidasanzwe mu Burasirazuba bwa kure bishobora kuba kimwe mu bice bitatu binini ku isi by'ibice by'ubutaka bidasanzwe. Iyi sosiyete ifite imigabane mike muri uyu mushinga.
Tomtor ni wo mushinga nyamukuru Uburusiya buteganya kwagura umusaruro w'ibyuma bidasanzwe. Ibimera bidasanzwe bikoreshwa mu nganda z'ingabo no mu gukora telefoni zigendanwa n'imodoka zikoresha amashanyarazi.
“Ibipimo bya Thomtor n’urwego rwe byemeza ko iki kirombe ari kimwe mu bicukurwamo niobium nini cyane n’ubutaka budasanzwe ku isi,” nk’uko byatangajwe n’umuyobozi mukuru wa Polymetals, Vitaly Nesis.
Polymetal ni ikigo kinini gikora zahabu na feza, gifite imigabane ingana na 9.1% muri ThreeArc Mining Ltd, ari nayo yateje imbere uyu mushinga. Umuvandimwe wa Vitali, umucuruzi w’umurusiya witwa Alexander Nesis, afite imigabane myinshi muri uyu mushinga ndetse n’ikigo gikora polymetal.
Polymetal yavuze ko Three Arcs yatangiye gutegura inyigo y’ishoramari ry’umushinga, nubwo bigoye kubona impushya zimwe na zimwe ziturutse kuri leta y’Uburusiya, kandi igishushanyo mbonera kiracyafite imbogamizi bitewe n’itinda ry’icyorezo, nk’uko Polymetal yabitangaje.
Muri Mutarama, ikigo gishinzwe gucukura amabuye y'agaciro cyatangaje ko umushinga wa Tomtor wagizweho ingaruka n'icyorezo, wasubitswe mu mezi 6 kugeza kuri 9. Byari byitezwe ko uyu mushinga uzatangira gukoreshwa mu 2025, ukagira umusaruro wa toni 160.000 z'amabuye y'agaciro buri mwaka.
Isuzuma ry’ibanze rigaragaza ko ububiko bwa Tomtor bwujuje ibisabwa na Komite Ishinzwe Kubungabunga Amabuye y’Agaciro ya Ositaraliya (JORC) ari toni 700.000 za okiside ya niobium na toni miliyoni 1.7 za okiside y’ubutaka budasanzwe.
Mount Weld (MT Weld) yo muri Ositaraliya na Kvanefjeld (Kvanefjeld) yo muri Greenland ni zo zindi ebyiri nini cyane ziboneka mu butaka budasanzwe.