FIRST PARTRIOT LIMITED KM 32, IKWO ROAD ABAKALIKI,
EBONYI STATE
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION.
A REPORT ON RECONNAISANCE AND GROUND STATUS OF
PROPOSED EXPLORATION SITE AT NDIJOKO
AND ITS ENVIRONS, NDIEZE-ECHI IZZI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,
EBONYI STATE .
DATE: 26TH JULY 2022
BY THE FOLLOWING GEOLOGISTS
OGBU CHIMAOBI HILLARY AND OCHIMBA VINCENT ANIGOR.
LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THE AREA: The area is located about
48.82km NE of Ameri mining site. It can be accessed either through IBOKO by
Mkpuma Ekwoku road which is in its deplorable condition and can only be
reached with 4WD vehicles or via ABAKALIKI –NWOFE –AMACHARA road
which is in a fair condition compare to the area stated above.
NAME OF SITE OWNERS: The site which contained two inactive/abandoned mine
pit for about 12 years ago is owned by NDIJOKO VILLAGE.
PIT GEOLOGY: The lithologic unit of the dormant PIT-1and 2 of Ope Azufu
Amegu comprises of shale, mudstone, lenses of siltstone and sandstone. The host
rock of lead –zinc ore is black shale of Asu river group. Other gangue mineral
includes massive siderite, quartzite, chalcopyrite and pyrite.
PIT ACTIVITIES: The two mining pit was dormant and have been abadoned for 12
years ago due to some disagreement between the owner of the pit and the villagers.
The pit were productive as traces of waste rock and low grade ore were seen
around the pits.
PIT DIMENSION: Pit 1 dimension is about 60m length, 20m width and 10-15m
depth. Pit 2 is about 40m length, 25m width and about 20m depth. The vein
dimension was not ascertained as the pits were all flooded and the ore vein were
not traced. The general trend of the pit is NW – SE with elevation of 40m - 42m.
OTHER INFORMATIONS: the area is owned by Ndijoko Village. The land is
relatively low land areas with scattered vegetation and wet swampland. There are
massive yam and cassava farm land on the upland areas while the low land
(swampland) contained rice cultivated farm land. The people received us very well
and promised to work with the company and willing to lease their land for the
company to work with in the village. According to the villagers, it was noted that
the abandoned pit were productive but the owner left because of inability to keep
to their agreement, and since then they were looking for any company with
integrity to lease the area. The settlement pattern is scattered settlement and linear
settlement around ELI-OPE market about 1.5km from the village.
Reliable persons:
1. Village head - 09077429497
2. Fidelis Nwamini – 08128843678
SAMPLE COLLECTION: Two samples were collected in both pit 1 and 2 and
labelled properly at OPE-AZUFU abandoned mining pit. There was no
sample collection and pictorial envidence at ELI –OPE PIT 1 as it falls
within a different community entirely
RECOMMENDATIONS
The following were recommendations for the smooth run and success
exploration work in the area.
1. That a strong and reliable 4WD vehicle to be used
2. At least two strong motor cycles to be provided to the team geologist to
aid easy movement.
3. That if possible, a good accommodation should be secured for the
exploration team to avoid time wasting driving daily from Ameri site to
the exploration area.
4. That more awareness and sensitization to be done in every village within
the exploration area.
5. Before core drilling accessories resumes fully, there is need to use
manpower to dress some of the roads with the help of the youth leader for
easy transit to and fro the exploration site.
Note: details of the GPS point is cintained in the garmins 64 GPS marked and
saved as below;
OPE AZUFU 1 , OPE AZUFU 2, ELOPE PIT 1 and the two chinese trenches
Marked as L1 TRENCH1 , and L2TRENCH 2 .
OPE AZUFU PIT 1
OPE-AZUFU PIT2
