Trinity Nyakabingo Mine

Trinity Nyakabingo Mine is a Tungsten ore mine with a mining concession of 1,600 ha. The mine is estimated to contain approximately 115,502 tons of recoverable Tungsten with potential to grow the resource substantially at depth. Current production is between 100 to 110 tons of wolframite per month, containing 66-70% Tungsten, under a 25-year license that commenced in 2015.

Exploration of the mine’s alluvial deposits began in the late 1930s, but it was only after WWII that systematic open cast mining began. In the late 1960s underground mining started through adits, followed by drives along quartz veins situated in bedding planes (known as concordant parallel veins). The first Companies to mine the deposit were Belgian using semi-mechanized methods until 1986. At this time, the mines were nationalized and operated under REDEMI (Regie d’Exploitation et de Developpement des Mines). The mines closed in 1994, during the time of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. In 1995 they reopened under REDEMI as a miners’ co-operative and operated as such until 2007, when Euro Trade International took ownership. In May 2022 the mine was incorporated into the newly established Trinity Metals Group and renamed Trinity Nyakabingo Mine.

Trinity Nyakabingo Mine is the African continent’s largest Tungsten producer.

The mine has significant growth potential - future plans consist of increasing mining volumes by opening up new reserves at depth through the development of a decline below 22 level, introducing new bulk mining, utilization of larger mining equipment and the design and construction of mineral processing facilities to process run of mine material and legacy stockpiled material. These plans give the mine the opportunity to at least double current production levels.