The East African eXploration Initiative (EAXI), Project P1322, is a long-awaited addition to the. Exploration Initiative series. Building on the success of the well-established West African eXploration Initiative (WAXI), this first phase of EAXI is focused on developing a comprehensive program designed to improve the understanding of the base metal and gold exploration potential of East Africa. Through an integrated approach of research and data collection, the initiative aims to understand the region’s geological “anatomy.”
EAXI
This 4-year program aims to enhance the understanding of the base metal and gold exploration potential of East Africa by generating high-quality data and geological insights to support companies and governments in active exploration, with the overarching objective of understanding metal transfer processes across the lithosphere by investigating the unique and prospective East African geological record.
EAXI’s initial focus is on the Archean Tanzania-Congo and Zimbabwe cratons, their bordering Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic mobile belts (e.g., the Kuunga Orogen and the East African-Antarctic Orogen), and the influence of the East African Rift. EAXI 1 countries include Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi and Mozambique.
Program Components
Regional Geological Integration:
- Combined datasets will be used to generate a geodynamic Atlas for the region.
- Harmonisation of Regional Structural Architecture.
- Archean Greenstone Stratigraphy across East Africa.
- Multi-isotope systematics of mafic-related lithologies in the Tanzanian Craton: ages of
emplacement and geodynamic settings. - Tectono-metamorphic evolution/ Themochronological characterisation.
- Analysis of reworking and cratonic history in east African nuclei.
- Targeted experimental petrology as a tool for terrane selection and tracing of ore-forming
processes.
Mineral Systems Analysis:
- Au Mineral Systems
- Li Mineral Systems
- Rare Metals Mineral Systems
Capacity Building
- Professional short courses
- Knowledge transfer between Industry, Academia and Government.
- Training of local Geoscientists.
- Sustainability and ESG.
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Please register your interest in this project by contacting Redeemina Bonnah. You can view this projects EOI via the document request section below. Please reach out if you have any further questions. We look forward to collaborating with you on the Amira
P1322 EAXI Project.
