{"id":190,"date":"2024-05-14T09:37:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T09:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecko.na\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2025-01-24T08:56:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:56:34","slug":"marine-phosphates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gecko.na\/index.php\/marine-phosphates\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Phosphates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1463\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-191\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gecko.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/a-create-a-photo-to-be-used-on-website-page-showin-upscaled-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gecko.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/a-create-a-photo-to-be-used-on-website-page-showin-upscaled-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/gecko.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/a-create-a-photo-to-be-used-on-website-page-showin-upscaled-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gecko.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/a-create-a-photo-to-be-used-on-website-page-showin-upscaled-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gecko.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/a-create-a-photo-to-be-used-on-website-page-showin-upscaled-2000x1143.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Marine Phosphates<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>90km offshore and between -190 to -240 meters in depth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>110 km from the Port of Walvis Bay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GPS coordinates: 13.527, -23.291<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Resource and Reserves<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marine mud sediments comprising of fine-grained pellets of the calcium-fluor phosphate mineral francolite (a variety of apatite)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Very large lateral extent of mineralized ocean floor sediment layer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inferred reserve &gt; 1billion tons of raw material at 21.0% P<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>5<\/sub>&nbsp;average<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Production (envisaged)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dredging, upgrade through coarse material rejection by screening and cyclone de-sliming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>26% P2O5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Potential for direct fertilizer application and\/or production of phosphoric acid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phosphoric acid enables further processing to granular fertilizer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Current Status<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EPL 4154 granted to Gecko Phosphates (Pty) Ltd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EIA done for marine exploration work and Clearance Certificate granted by Ministry of Environment and Tourism for the exploration phase<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purification and processing test work concluded on the raw material<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More exploration and detailed processing work in progress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Noteworthy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Namibian Government has proclaimed an 18 month moratorium on all marine phosphate mining at the end of 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Industry is awaiting the outcome of a marine EIA\/SEA commissioned by the Namibian Government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gecko.na\/index.php\/our-projects\/\">Back<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location Resource and Reserves Production (envisaged) Current Status Noteworthy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-190","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecko.na\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecko.na\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecko.na\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecko.na\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecko.na\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/gecko.na\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/gecko.na\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecko.na\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}