Nō nā tata nei i pānuitia e Polymetal ko ngā putunga konganuku niobium me te konganuku whenua onge a Tomtor i te Rawhiti Mamao ka noho hei tētahi o ngā putunga konganuku whenua onge nui rawa atu e toru o te ao. He iti noa ngā hea o te kamupene i roto i te kaupapa.
Ko Tomtor te kaupapa matua e whakamaheretia ana e Rūhia hei whakawhānui ake i te hanga konganuku onge. Ka whakamahia ngā konganuku onge i roto i te umanga parepare me te hanga waea pūkoro me ngā waka hiko.
"E whakaū ana te tauine me te kounga o Thomtor ko tēnei maina tētahi o ngā putunga niobium me te whenua onge nui rawa atu o te ao," te kī a Vitaly Nesis, te Tumu Whakarae o Polymetals, i roto i te pānuitanga.
He kamupene hanga koura me te hiriwa nui a Polymetal, e 9.1% te hea i roto i a ThreeArc Mining Ltd, nāna i whakawhanake te kaupapa. Ko te tuakana o Vitali, te kaipakihi Rūhia a Alexander Nesis, kei a ia te nuinga o ngā hea i roto i te kaupapa me te kamupene polymetal.
Kua tīmata a Three Arcs ki te whakarite i te rangahau pūtea whaihua mō te kaupapa, ahakoa he uaua ki te tiki i ētahi whakaaetanga mai i te kāwanatanga o Rūhia, ā, kei te raru tonu te hoahoa nā te whakaroa o te mate urutā, e ai ki a Polymetal.
Nā te pānga o te mate urutā, kua whakaroahia te kaupapa Tomtor mō te 6 ki te 9 marama, e ai ki te kamupene keri hiriwa i te marama o Hānuere. I whakaarohia i mua ka tīmata te kaupapa i te tau 2025, me te putanga ā-tau o te 160,000 tana o te konganuku.
E whakaatu ana ngā whakatau tata tuatahi ko ngā rahui o Tomtor e tutuki ana i ngā whakaritenga a te Komiti Rahui Kore Tahi o Ahitereiria (JORC) he 700,000 tana o te waikura niobium me te 1.7 miriona tana o ngā waikura whenua onge.
Ko Mount Weld (MT Weld) i Ahitereiria me Kvanefjeld (Kvanefjeld) i Greenland ētahi atu putunga whenua onge nui rawa atu e rua.