Current Report
Filed: 2026-01-13
Key Insights
- The Vara Mada Project (formerly known as the Toliara Project) is a large mineral sands and rare earth project located in southwest Madagascar, with significant resources of ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and monazite.
- The project plans to start with a single dry mining unit and wet concentrator plant in Stage 1, followed by an expansion to double the mining and concentrating capacity in Stage 2, providing a long mine life of 38 years.
- The project will require significant infrastructure development, including an export facility, to support the mining and processing operations, but this infrastructure has been designed to accommodate the Stage 2 expansion from the outset.