AKWANA PROSPECTS

geology

The areas investigated by the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency in Taraba State which includes Akwana in Wukari local government area,located at the western part of the state and situated along the River Benue. The area investigated falls within the middle part of the Benue Trough and shows that lead-zinc mineralization is hosted in sedimentary limestone/mudstone/siltstone beds in the three Local Government Areas explored in the state. In Wukari LGA, the host rock is calcareous mudstone, which outcrops around Arufu and Akwana. Estimate of resource from the limestone host rock in Arufu 33.7 tonnes of ore graded 3.7% lead, 0.18% zinc and 7.7ppm silver. In Akwana, 7.8 tonnes of ore graded 8% lead, 0.67% zinc and 8ppm silver.