Tusker Minerals (ASX:TSK) has finalised the acquisition of a 100% interest in the Yaoundé West Rutile tenement package, following the successful completion of technical and legal due diligence.
The acquisition significantly expands the company’s Central Rutile Project to approximately 8,782km2, adjoining Lion Rock Minerals’ Minta Rutile Project, and offers strategic proximity to key infrastructure, including rail, port, power, and the capital, Yaoundé.
Historically, Yaoundé West was a major rutile-producing region between 1935 and 1955, contributing to Cameroon's status as the world’s third-largest rutile producer at the time, and remains the only recorded site of historical residual rutile mining in the country.
The tenements are underlain by high-grade, kyanite-bearing mica schist and garnet paragneiss, enhancing their prospectivity for residual rutile mineralisation.