Ua hoʻolaha hou aku nei ʻo Polymetal e lilo ka Tomtor niobium a me nā waihona metala laha ʻole ma ka Hikina Hikina i hoʻokahi o nā waihona honua nui loa ʻekolu o ka honua.Paʻa ka hui i kahi helu liʻiliʻi o nā ʻāpana i ka papahana.
ʻO Tomtor ka papahana nui a Rūsia e hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i ka hana ʻana o nā metala honua.Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻāina rare i ka ʻoihana pale a me ka hana ʻana i nā kelepona paʻalima a me nā kaʻa uila.
"ʻO ka pālākiō a me ka helu o Thomtor e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana ʻo ka mine kekahi o nā waihona niobium nui loa a me ka honua i ka honua," wahi a Polymetals CEO Vitaly Nesis i ka hoʻolaha.
ʻO Polymetal kahi mea hana gula a me ke kālā nui, e paʻa ana i ka 9.1% stake ma ThreeArc Mining Ltd, nāna i hoʻomohala i ka papahana.ʻO ke kaikunāne o Vitali, ka mea kālepa Lūkini ʻo Alexander Nesis, paʻa i ka hapa nui o ka papahana a me ka hui polymetal.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ʻekolu Arcs e hoʻomākaukau i ke aʻo ʻana i ka hiki ke hoʻopaʻa kālā i ka papahana, ʻoiai he paʻakikī ke loaʻa i kekahi mau ʻae mai ke aupuni Lūkini, a ke kū nei ka hoʻolālā i nā pilikia ma muli o ka lohi o ka maʻi maʻi, wahi a Polymetal.
Hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi ahulau, ua lohi ʻia ka papahana Tomtor no 6 a 9 mau mahina, ʻōlelo ka hui ʻoihana kālā ma Ianuali.Ua manaʻo mua ʻia e hoʻokomo ʻia ka papahana i ka makahiki 2025, me ka hoʻopuka makahiki o 160,000 tons oka.
Hōʻike nā manaʻo kuhi mua ʻo ka mālama ʻana o Tomtor e kū ana i nā koi o ke Kōmike Kūʻai Kūʻai ʻo Australian Joint Ore Reserves (JORC) he 700,000 tons o ka niobium oxide a me 1.7 miliona mau tons o nā oxides honua.
ʻO ka mauna Weld o Australia (MT Weld) a me Kvanefjeld o Greenland (Kvanefjeld) ʻelua mau waihona ʻāina laha loa.