Makuutu Rare Earths Project is an ionic adsorption clay (IAC) hosted rare earth element (REE) deposit, located 120km east of Kampala in Uganda. It covers three (3) districts of Bugweri, Bugiri and Mayuge in Eastern Uganda. Uganda’s National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) has approved the company’s Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the project. The Makuutu REE Project plans to commence with a small-scale Proof of Concept (PoC) Demonstration Plant scheduled for commissioning in May 2023. This will extract REE from 5,000 tonnes of representative Ionic Adsorption REE Clay ore. Information obtained from this trial will inform final design decisions and confirm REE recoveries.
Tenvicon is supporting the RRM and IXR team to review and finalize the following plans to meet Ugandan legal requirements and incorporating the conditions of ESIA approval issued by NEMA.
- Volume 1: Environment and Social Management and Monitoring Plan
- Volume 2: Stakeholder Engagement Plan
- Volume 3: Community Development Plan
- Volume 4: Compensation and Resettlement Action Plan
- Volume 5: Emergency Management Plan
- Volume 6: Waste Management Plan
- Volume 7: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Climate Change Adaptation Plan
- Volume 8: Life of Mine Rehabilitation and Closure Plan
- Volume 9: Occupational Health and Safety Plan
Tenvicon is also supporting the RRM team on:
- Drafting and completion of the Construction ESMP for the Demo Processing Plant.
- Developing the Work program for the Project’s Environment Officer
- Field technical backstopping of the Environment Officer.
