Jimbe minerals sources K14 billion

JIMBE minerals, a new mining company in Mwinilunga has sourced K14 billion (USD $3 million) for its mining, the mining firm’s chairperson Chilufya Kazenene has said. Mr Kazenene said in an interview that the exploration works would take two years and during that time more than 200 direct and indirect jobs for the local people in Mwinilunga would be created. He said the exploration works was aimed at possible identification and quantification of mineral deposits in the area. Mr Kazenene said the exploration activities would be conducted by local geologists who were also shareholders of the company.

He said activities of the project would include filling, soil sampling, pitting, trenching and coal drifting. Mr Kazenene said the mining project would demonstrate that Zambians were able to spearhead a mining project. He said three contractors had so far been hired to offer different services during the exploration exercise. He said J.A consultancy of Lusaka would do proposals for environmental impact assessment briefing, Azurite mining and Water Resource Limited of Lusaka would do geo-physical work. The exploration exercise would also support over five students from the University of Zambia doing Geo-Physical programmes as part of community development work. Mr Kazenene said the project had brought excitement among the people of Chief Nyakaseya of Mwinilunga which is the border chiefdom with Angola.