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Kabanga in Tanzania is one of the largest development-stage nickel sulphide deposits globally.

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Key data

Unit
tpa
Value
Pending verification
As of
Pending verification
Value chains
Battery materials
Leading African producers
Tanzania

Related projects

DevelopmentTanzania

Kabanga Nickel Project

One of the largest development-stage nickel sulphide deposits worldwide, paired with a planned in-country hydrometallurgical refinery.

Capacity
To be verified
Status
Development stage

Leading African producers

Country

Tanzania

Tanzania hosts the Kabanga nickel deposit and significant gold production, while the onshore LNG project remains subject to commercial agreement.

Related companies

mining

Lifezone Metals

Isle of Man

Developing the Kabanga nickel project in Tanzania with a hydrometallurgical refining route intended to keep processing in-country.

TanzaniaSouth AfricaNYSE: LZM

Business opportunities

PartnershipTanzania

Kabanga nickel offtake and processing partnership

Battery-chain participants seeking non-Indonesian class-1 nickel units have a structural interest in Kabanga's in-country refining model.

Issuing entity
Lifezone Metals

Value chains

Value chain

Battery materials

Lithium, graphite, nickel and cobalt feedstock → active materials → cells.

Related industries

Industry

Mining & Minerals

Exploration, extraction and concentration of metallic and industrial minerals.

Industry

Energy Transition

Critical minerals, battery materials, renewables, storage, grid infrastructure and electrification.

Related commodities

Cobalt

Battery cathode input produced largely as a copper by-product in the DRC, which accounts for the majority of world mine supply.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Graphite

Anode feedstock. Mozambique and Tanzania hold some of the largest natural flake graphite resources outside China.

MozambiqueTanzania

Lithium

Zimbabwe, Mali, Namibia and Ghana have moved African hard-rock lithium from exploration into production and concentrate export.

GhanaNamibia

Gold

Ghana, South Africa, Mali, Tanzania and Burkina Faso anchor African gold output across large-scale and artisanal production.

GhanaTanzaniaSouth Africa

Related news

16 Aug 2026

Tanzania positions Kabanga as an in-country refining model

The project's hydrometallurgical route is framed as a test of whether African nickel can move beyond concentrate export.

Lifezone Metals

Related intelligence

research11 min read

Africa's critical minerals: concentrate exporter or materials producer?

Graphite, lithium, nickel and cobalt endowments are established. Processing location is the open question that determines value capture.

21 Aug 2026
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