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About Westfield

Why Great Lakes Region

Geological wealth, a maturing regulatory framework, and direct sea access make the Great Lakes Region a serious source for the 3Ts.

Geology

The Karagwe-Ankole Belt

The Great Lakes Region's Karagwe-Ankole Belt, spanning northwestern Tanzania and neighboring countries, is a geological formation recognized for world-class cassiterite (tin), wolframite (tungsten), and coltan (tantalum) deposits. The Great Lakes Region sits among the largest tin-ore producing zones in Africa, encompassing Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the DRC.

Shinyanga Geita Kagera
Close-up of raw 3Ts ore extracted from Great Lakes Region mining sites
Regulatory Framework

A push toward local value addition

Great Lakes Region mining regulations and standards (including Tanzania's 2017 Mining Code of Conduct and other applicable national Mining Codes) have reset industry rules around environmental performance, human rights protection, and responsible metal production.

Government policy has since pushed toward keeping more of that value inside the Great Lakes Region - favoring licensed Primary Mining License (PML) holders, documented royalty payment, and local processing capacity such as the Westfield smelting facility, rather than raw ore export followed by re-imported finished product.

Logistics

Direct access to East Africa's busiest port

Dar es Salaam is one of East Africa's principal deep-water ports, giving Westfield's processed and containerized exports from across the Great Lakes Region a direct route to international buyers without relying on land-locked transit through neighboring countries.

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Mine Site

Ore extracted and tagged across Shinyanga, Geita, and Kagera.

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Westfield Processing

Aggregated ore is processed and certified inland.

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Dar es Salaam Port

Containerized export direct to international buyers.