{"id":33,"date":"2021-02-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T05:12:26","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urumetals.com\/index.php\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

URU Metals is exploring and developing a portfolio of high quality assets across a targeted spectrum of commodities in several geographic jurisdictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zebediela Nickel Project in<\/strong> South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

URU Metals owns 74.4% of Zeb Nickel Corp traded on the TSX.V under the symbol ZBNI.V. www.zebnickel.com<\/a>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The project is located in the Limpopo Province of South Africa close to the platinum mining town of Mokopane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) completed in 2012 reported inferred and indicated resources (Non-JORC) totalling over 1.5 billion tonnes with an estimated Net Present Value of US$317 million and a post-tax IRR of 18.6% (assuming a post-tax discount rate of 10%, nickel price of US$8.50\/lb, production of 20,000 tonnes of nickel per year over a 25 year mine life, a total capex cost of US$708 million, and an opex cost of US$3.35\/lb Ni)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Importance of the Zebediela Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n