Dec11 Quarterly Report NACHINGWEA SW PL6154 - 2009

WARTHOG RESOURCES (T) LTD
& NGWENA LIMITED

NACHINGWEA PROJECT
DECEMBER 2011 QUARTERLY REPORT

PL 6154/2009
(NACHINGWEA SW)
Nachingwea SW PL6154/2009
December Quarterly Report 2011
WARTHOG RESOURCES (T) LTD
& NGWENA LIMITED
NACHINGWEA PROJECT
NACHINGWEA SW PL 6154/2009
DECEMBER 2011 QUARTERLY REPORT
Introduction
Ngwena Limited (“Ngwena”) has been carrying out an extensive on-going nickel-
copper sulphide exploration program on its prospecting licenses comprising the
Nachingwea Project in SE Tanzania since 2007. Ngwena is a Tanzanian joint
venture corporation owned 75% by Continental Nickel Limited (“CNI”) of Canada and
25% by IMX Resources NL (formerly Goldstream Mining) of Australia.
The Nachingwea Project is comprised of forty (40) granted Prospecting Licenses

(PLs) as of December 31, 2011. A further nineteen (19) PLs are currently under
application. PL 6154/2009 (Nachingwea SW) is an integral part of the Nachingwea
Property holding.
During the period, January through December 2011, work on the license consisted of
structural data analysis by SRK Consultant, data compilation & interpretation and
reporting.
Ngwena Limited has spent ~ $17.5 million USD on exploration on the Nachingwea
Project during the period January 2007 to December 2011. Results have been
encouraging in the Ntaka Hill area, but full evaluation of the entire project area will
require considerably more time and expenditures. Land tenure is critical to successful
and comprehensive exploration efforts.
License Details
Nachingwea SW PL6154/2009 was granted on December 31st 2009 and covers an

area of 195.51 km2. The PL was originally granted to Warthog Resources (T) Ltd and
is in the process of being transferred to Ngwena Limited.
Location
The Nachingwea Nickel-Copper Project is located in southeastern Tanzania and is

centered 100 km north of the Mozambique border, approximately 180 km west of the
coastal port city of Mtwara and 400 km south of Dar es Salaam. The property holding
straddles portions of Nachingwea, Liwali, and Lindi Districts in Lindi Region and the
Masasi District in Mtwara Region.
Ntaka Hill is situated 47 km NW of Nachingwea District town and 12km NW of Mnero

village. All exploration is carried out from a semi-permanent tented camp established
on Ntaka Hill, 1km west of Nditi Village. All work activities for the Nachingwea Project
are supported from the Ntaka Hill Base Camp. Satellite camps and local
accommodation in towns and villages are also utilized as necessary.
The Nachingwea SW license is centered 72 km SSW of Ntaka Hill Camp, 61 km

South West of Nachingwea District town and encompasses an area of 195.51 km 2
(Figure 1). Access to the license is poorly known and the closest road is Mtua-
Chingurunguru dirt road located 14 km east from the eastern boundary of the license.
The northeastern portion of the license lies within the Msanjesi National Game
Reserve. The license is well drained by several rivers running in SE and ENE
directions and which drain their water into the main river tens of kilometers SE of the
license.
Figure 1: Nachingwea SW PL 6154/2009 location map. Black lines are roads/tracks,

fine blue lines are creeks, red lines are license boundaries and green lines are
National/District Game/Forest reserves. Ntaka Camp and local villages are also
shown for reference.
Project Exploration History and Current Exploration Objective
The project area has been sporadically explored since the 1950’s for base and
precious metals and PGE’s. Current exploration work being conducted is focused on
discovering economic nickel-copper mineralization similar to the recent discoveries
currently being evaluated in the Ntaka Hill area.
Work to date on the Nachingwea Project has consisted of interpretation of historical

geochemical and geophysical datasets, regional airborne EM and magnetic surveys
(2007 &2008), soil and stream sampling programs (2008-2011) ), regional geology
traverses and ground checking of EM and geochemical anomalies. In addition
ground geophysical surveys and diamond drilling (2008-2011) have been carried out
on selected licenses, particularly in the Ntaka Hill area.
A large regional radiometric and magnetic survey was also completed in 2011 over
the entire Nachingwea Project in order to accelerate the definition of exploration
targets.
The current exploration objective on the Nachingwea SW license is to identify

prospective geological areas that can be further evaluated using geological,
geochemical and geophysical methods. The prospective areas are typically identified
by interpretation of airborne geophysical surveys and existing geochemical data. The
selected areas are then field checked by a geologist and additional geochemical
and/or ground geophysical data may be obtained with the objective of defining a drill
target.
Geological Setting
The Nachingwea Project lies within the late Proterozoic Mozambique Belt of
southeastern Tanzania. The Mozambique Belt ("MB") comprises a dominantly north-
south trending domain of highly deformed and metamorphosed rocks which formed
during oblique collision of east and west Gondwana and are part of the Pan African
Orogenic System. The MB includes lithologies that have been affected by both the
Usagaran (1.8-2.0 Ga) and the Pan-African (650-580 Ma) orogenic events.
The first stages of the MB formation occurred at 1,000-700 Ma. This initial stage was
marked by large-scale magmatic intrusive activity, which may include the ultramafic-
mafic intrusions observed on the Nachingwea property. This was followed with two
collisional phases recorded at 640-620 Ma and 580-530 Ma, which are largely
responsible for the regionally observed complexly deformed tight fold structures
dominant across the project area. Peak metamorphic conditions to granulite facies
are dated at 640 Ma.
In the general Nachingwea Project area, MB lithologies consist of a mixed

assemblage of mafic to felsic granulites, gneisses and migmatites (interpreted to
represent volcanic protoliths) interlayered with amphibolites and metasedimentary
rocks, including quartzites, banded magnetic quartzites, pelites, graphitic schists and
marbles. These lithologies are cross-cut by poorly documented mafic to ultramafic
intrusions of unknown age and include the Ntaka ultramafic intrusion which hosts
considerable nickel-copper-cobalt sulfide mineralisation. All units are complexly
deformed and metamorphosed to amphibolite and granulite facies and occur in
blocks bounded by major NW, EW and NE fault zones.
As outcrop is non-existent to rare across most of the licenses little detail is known of
the local geology on the licenses. The majority of geological information to date has
been gathered from mapping and drilling at Ntaka Hill. However regional geological
traverses, grid mapping and drilling are started to add to the geological database.
Summary of Work – PL 6154/2009, 2011 Exploration Program
A regional exploration program was in progress during the quarter and was based
out of the Ntaka Hill camp. Work completed in the December Quarter included
compilation, interpretation and reporting. Table 1 summarizes the total exploration
work completed on the license in 2011. Details and results of the 2011 exploration
program are given below.
Table 1
Summary of Work Completed in 2011 on PL 6154/2009 (Nachingwea SW)
Work Type Production

Structural Data analysis by SRK The entire PL
Data compilation & interpretation and reporting.
The entire PL data and reports
Structural Data analysis by SRK ( by SRK)
Data compilation & interpretation and reporting.
An external review of historical geochemical data for the Nachingwea Project was
completed by Richard Carver. The study comprised 4,661 soil samples and 1,461
stream sediment samples collect by BHP, IMX and CNI between 2005 and 2009 and
included samples collected on this license.
No significant anomalies were identified in the Nachingwea SW license by this study.
Expenditures
Expenditures for Nachingwea SW PL 6154/2009for the December Quarter 2011 are

USD $16,653.
See attached Table.
Christopher Airo and Stanslaus William

Ngwena Limited

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WARTHOG RESOURCES (T) LTD

& NGWENA LIMITED

DECEMBER 2011 QUARTERLY REPORT

DECEMBER 2011 QUARTERLY REPORT

The Nachingwea Project is comprised of forty (40) granted Prospecting Licenses

Nachingwea SW PL6154/2009 was granted on December 31st 2009 and covers an

The Nachingwea Nickel-Copper Project is located in southeastern Tanzania and is

Ntaka Hill is situated 47 km NW of Nachingwea District town and 12km NW of Mnero

The Nachingwea SW license is centered 72 km SSW of Ntaka Hill Camp, 61 km

Figure 1: Nachingwea SW PL 6154/2009 location map. Black lines are roads/tracks,

Work to date on the Nachingwea Project has consisted of interpretation of historical

The current exploration objective on the Nachingwea SW license is to identify

In the general Nachingwea Project area, MB lithologies consist of a mixed

Summary of Work – PL 6154/2009, 2011 Exploration Program

Work Type Production

Structural Data analysis by SRK ( by SRK)

Data compilation & interpretation and reporting.

No significant anomalies were identified in the Nachingwea SW license by this study.

Expenditures for Nachingwea SW PL 6154/2009for the December Quarter 2011 are

See attached Table.

Christopher Airo and Stanslaus William

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