Menu Home About us Company Profile History Strategy Structure Leadership Team Investor Information Social Investment Our Business Diamonds Resource Development Contact Us close× Batla Minerals Batla Minerals SA is a French resource investment company that successfully listed a portion of its shareholders on the NYSE Euronext (Marche Libre) in France in May 2007 (ticker: MLBAT). Our Business To successfully implement our two-pronged strategy, 1) diamond mining/processing and 2) development of mineral deposits, we leverage our key strengths: Read More Strategy Effectively and efficiently manage the working of weathered kimberlite, alluvial and eluvial diamond sites, as well as treatment of tailings dumps. Read More Investor Information Informative documentation & records, published for our investors Read More History Follow the timeline of our history in a visual PDF. Read More Leadership Team Meet the driving force behind our work & our teams. Read More Social Investment To date, Batla Minerals’ social investment initiatives have been targeted near our most robust project-in Lesotho. The following initiatives have been managed by Alluvial Ventures, our wholly owned subsidiary operating in Lesotho. Read More Subscribe to our newsletter: Submit Share Price Bloomberg: MLBAT 1.8000 € Updated: 02:01PM 05/01/2015 VIEW MORE Where we work CLOSE Resource: Superkolong, SA February 2013 El Nino Mining creates 50/50 SPV with Emu NL (Australia) to purchase Superkolong May 2014 Batla buys out Emu's 50% share. Batla owns 100% of Superkolong Diamond Operations August 2014 Batla buys additional 9% of KMF and increases production to 200k+ tons per month Current plant volumes process 200k+ tons/month Further plant upgrades to increase capacity to 240k+ tons/month Three-year wage deal helps to secure stable work force (2017) Exploring potential to install capacity to 300k+ tons/month (dependent on demand) Target 108.000 carats per annum Production/recovery - Superkolong Superkolong Diamond Operatioins, Kimberley SA Year ending 31 March 2014 Estimate for year ending 31 March 2015 Number of tons 1.452.562 2 million Carats 75.715 108.000 Carats / 100 tons 5.21 5.4 CLOSE Resource: Letšeng Mine, Lesotho 2001 Alluvial Ventures (AV) entered into contract with Lešteng Mine in Lesotho Feb 2011 Upgraded Letšeng plant with 2 new crushers to handle hard kimberlite Sept 2011 Reached full production, 100k tons of hard kimberlite per month CY 2011 Processed 1.08 million tons of ore, recovered 11,238 carats CY 2014 Processed 988.908 tons of ore, recovered 10,221 carats Goals: Complete contract with Letšeng (year-end 2015) Maintain production at a minimum of 90K tons/month Improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs Production/recovery - Letšeng Letšeng Mine, Lesotho Year ending 31 March 2013 Year ending 31 March 2014 Estimate for year ending 31 March 2015 Number of tons 1.025.901 988.908 1.020.000 Carats 10.153 10.221 9.155 Carats / 100 tons 0.99 1.03 0.90 CLOSE Resource: Kolo Mine, Lesotho Mining lease ontained July 2011. Estimated resource of: 1.3 million tons kimberlite 110.000 carats Extended issues regarding legal ownership by previous leaseholders. Lesotho Appeals Court declared free-and-clear ownership in April 2013. Site-development in progress to facilitate the beginning of trial mining in early 2015. Kolo Mine Phased Development Phase 1 Phase 1 2014-2015 CAPEX & OPEX estimate at $750K Kolo Set up processing Conduct 60K tons pre-mining test Sekameng Complete 50K tons bulk sample to verify existence, quality and value of diamonds Phase 2 Phase 2 2015-2016 CAPEX est. $2Mil OPEX est. $8/ton Kolo Make capital investments to increase capabilities and process 50K tons/month Sekameng Process a larger bulk sample of 200K tons CLOSE Resource Riviera Tungsten Project to be the 11th largest deposit in the world. Bongani Minerals (effective control by Batla) received prospecting right July 1, 2011 for tungsten, molybdenum, rare earths, copper, zinc, silver and gold. Re-testing of select core drill data from 30+ years ago indecates 80% validation of historic data. Resource contains 46 million tons ore (historic Anglo data) with estimates of: 100,000 tons tungsten 9,000 tons molybdenum Phase 1 - 2012-2013 CAPEX & OPEX est. $2Mil (secured) Prospect drilling began in March 2012 Environment & Impact Study Update resource classification and complete work required for pre-feasibility Achieve an inferred resource classification by CY2013 Phase 2 - 2013+ CAPEX est. $10-15Mil Complete prospect/infill drilling Assay/metallurgical work Scope work on CAPEX Conduct pre-feasibility study Achieve an indicated resource classification Goals: Achieve an indicated resource classification after a further 12 months at an estimated cost of $10-15Mil Complete pre-feasibility study by the end of 2014 Access historic Anglo data to determine exploration spend and optimize development approach. CLOSE Resource: Superkolong, SA February 2013 El Nino Mining creates 50/50 SPV with Emu NL (Australia) to purchase Superkolong May 2014 Batla buys out Emu's 50% share. Batla owns 100% of Superkolong Diamond Operations August 2014 Batla buys additional 9% of KMF and increases production to 200k+ tons per month Current plant volumes process 200k+ tons/month Further plant upgrades to increase capacity to 240k+ tons/month Three-year wage deal helps to secure stable work force (2017) Exploring potential to install capacity to 300k+ tons/month (dependent on demand) Target 108.000 carats per annum Production/recovery - Superkolong Superkolong Diamond Operatioins, Kimberley SA Year ending 31 March 2014 Estimate for year ending 31 March 2015 Number of tons 1.452.562 2 million Carats 75.715 108.000 Carats / 100 tons 5.21 5.4 CLOSE Resource: Letšeng Mine, Lesotho 2001 Alluvial Ventures (AV) entered into contract with Lešteng Mine in Lesotho Feb 2011 Upgraded Letšeng plant with 2 new crushers to handle hard kimberlite Sept 2011 Reached full production, 100k tons of hard kimberlite per month CY 2011 Processed 1.08 million tons of ore, recovered 11,238 carats CY 2014 Processed 988.908 tons of ore, recovered 10,221 carats Goals: Complete contract with Letšeng (year-end 2015) Maintain production at a minimum of 90K tons/month Improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs Production/recovery - Letšeng Letšeng Mine, Lesotho Year ending 31 March 2013 Year ending 31 March 2014 Estimate for year ending 31 March 2015 Number of tons 1.025.901 988.908 1.020.000 Carats 10.153 10.221 9.155 Carats / 100 tons 0.99 1.03 0.90 CLOSE Resource: Kolo Mine, Lesotho Mining lease ontained July 2011. Estimated resource of: 1.3 million tons kimberlite 110.000 carats Extended issues regarding legal ownership by previous leaseholders. Lesotho Appeals Court declared free-and-clear ownership in April 2013. Site-development in progress to facilitate the beginning of trial mining in early 2015. Kolo Mine Phased Development Phase 1 Phase 1 2014-2015 CAPEX & OPEX estimate at $750K Kolo Set up processing Conduct 60K tons pre-mining test Sekameng Complete 50K tons bulk sample to verify existence, quality and value of diamonds Phase 2 Phase 2 2015-2016 CAPEX est. $2Mil OPEX est. $8/ton Kolo Make capital investments to increase capabilities and process 50K tons/month Sekameng Process a larger bulk sample of 200K tons CLOSE Resource Riviera Tungsten Project to be the 11th largest deposit in the world. Bongani Minerals (effective control by Batla) received prospecting right July 1, 2011 for tungsten, molybdenum, rare earths, copper, zinc, silver and gold. Re-testing of select core drill data from 30+ years ago indecates 80% validation of historic data. Resource contains 46 million tons ore (historic Anglo data) with estimates of: 100,000 tons tungsten 9,000 tons molybdenum Phase 1 - 2012-2013 CAPEX & OPEX est. $2Mil (secured) Prospect drilling began in March 2012 Environment & Impact Study Update resource classification and complete work required for pre-feasibility Achieve an inferred resource classification by CY2013 Phase 2 - 2013+ CAPEX est. $10-15Mil Complete prospect/infill drilling Assay/metallurgical work Scope work on CAPEX Conduct pre-feasibility study Achieve an indicated resource classification Goals: Achieve an indicated resource classification after a further 12 months at an estimated cost of $10-15Mil Complete pre-feasibility study by the end of 2014 Access historic Anglo data to determine exploration spend and optimize development approach. 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