23 August 2011 JIMBE minerals, a new mining company in Mwinilunga has sourced K15 billion for its new mining operations, the firm’s chairperson Chilufya Kazenene has said. Mr Kazenene said in an interview that the exploration works would take two years, during which time more than 200 jobs for the local people in Mwinilunga would be created. He said the exploration works were 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 filing, soil sampling, pitting, trenching and coal drifting. Mr Kazenene said the mining project would demonstrate that Zambians were able to spearhead a mining project even without foreign assistance. 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, Azurite mining and Water Resource Limited of Lusaka would do geo-physical works. The exploration exercise would also support about 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. Be the first to Write a Comment ! More News on allAfrica.com Powered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed | Amazon Plugin | Settlement Statement | WordPress Tutorials
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Jimbe Minerals in K15 Billion Boost
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