The Sintoukola Potash prospect is situated on the coastal plain 96 km north of Pointe
Noire in the Republic of Congo (ROC) in West Africa. Sylvinite and Carnallite mineralisation
was initially discovered in the 1930's during oil exploration and studied in more
detail in the 1960's when 26 holes were drilled in the permit area to determine
the extent and type of mineralisation. Historically potash has been mined in the
ROC with the Holle mine situated 70 kilometres to the south east of the project
operating from 1968 to 1977 during which time approximately 7.5 million tonnes of
Sylvinite was mined and 2.4 million tonnes of potash concentrate exported.
