RE: What are we missing?8 May 2026 10:24
It had a 19 year mining right in Russia and sold their Kun-Manie asset for $35m.
Compared to Zebediela:
The Kun-Manie nickel project in Russia was initially a very large exploration area, but the actual, concentrated mining interest was quite small compared to the vast resource footprint of the Zebediela project in South Africa.
Kun-Manie (Amur Minerals): The original exploration licence covered roughly 950 km2. However, as the project moved towards production, this was reduced to a focused 36.2km2 area of economic interest, comprising four main ore bodies.
Zebediela (URU Metals): This project focuses on a massive, low-grade, disseminated nickel sulphide resource covering a large, continuous area in the Limpopo province. It reported an inferred and indicated resource tonnage (over 1.5 billion tons) that is significantly higher in total tonnage than Kun-Manie's, aimed at high-volume open-pit mining.
Key Comparison: Area Focus: Kun-Manie was a large-scale exploration project narrowed down to a smaller, more concentrated 36-km² mine footprint.
Resource Size: Zebediela is characterized as one of the top ten largest nickel sulfide resources globally due to its vast, low-grade, in-situ tonnages.
In terms of concentrated, direct area of development (mining license), Kun-Manie was much smaller 36.2km2, while in terms of total contained tonnage of mineralized material, Zebediela is significantly larger.