The Mutala site is an exploration and mining project which was previously mined on a small scale from the 1950’s to 1980’s. Following nationalization in 1979 and the onset of civil war, mining operations would become progressively more difficult until they were eventually abandoned in the mid 1980’s. The title areas at this site lie in the Alto Molocue District of the Zambezia Province approximately 175 km south of Nampula and north of Marropino and Morrua.