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KAMOA COPPER SA UNVEILS ITS NEW CORPORATE IDENTITY (NEW BRAND & NEW LEADERSHIP)

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Kamoa Copper SA announces its new corporate identity and new leadership ahead of its scheduled copper production commencement in July 2021 with the underground mine development well ahead of schedule. KOLWEZI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, APRIL 24, 2021- Kamoa Copper SA is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines, Zijin Mining Group and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the objective of producing high grade copper in the  Kolwezi region, which is located in Lualaba province, DRC.  With copper production starting, as planned, in July 2021, Kamoa… Read More Here
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Kamoa-Kakula shatters previous production records, in March 2021

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Kamoa-Kakula shatters previous production records, mining 400,000 tonnes of ore grading 5.36% copper in March, including 100,000 tonnes grading 8.70% copper from the centre of the Kakula Mine Pre-production ore stockpiles hold 2.56 million tonnes grading 4.60% copper, containing more than 117,000 tonnes of copper Overall progress of Kamoa-Kakula’s first phase, 3.8-Mtpa mining and milling operation 92% complete; commissioning of concentrator plant underway with first copper production on track for July 2021 Kamoa-Kakula’s main 220-kV substation energized with clean, renewable hydropower Phase 2 expansion to 7.6 Mtpa progressing well toward a Q3 2022 start-up;… Read More Here
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Ivanhoe announces deployment options for US$575 million recent financing for Kamoa Kakula Expansions

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Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun are pleased to announce a number of opportunities to accelerate planned expansions at the company’s world-scale portfolio of mining and exploration assets, that may be funded in part with the proceeds from the recently completed US$575 million, 2.50% convertible senior notes offering. The high-priority opportunities include accelerating the Phase 3 expansion at the Kamoa-Kakula copper mine (beyond Phases 1 and 2) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Fast-tracking additional hydropower upgrades in the DRC also is a… Read More Here
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SOMIKA mining company threatens the lives of the populations of Katanga (investigation)

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The Evangelical Non-Violence Action Group (GANVE), a human rights and anti-corruption NGO, published on March 08 the report of its mission to investigate allegations of pollution in the neighborhood. SOMIKA and its surroundings by the Société minière du Katanga (SOMIKA), located 9 km from downtown Lubumbashi. The GANVE organized a descent on the place, to investigate and verify the allegations of pollution as denounced by the victims consisting mainly of the inhabitants of the SOMIKA district and its surroundings. Indeed, the GANVE investigation confirms the allegations according to which SOMIKA planted… Read More Here
DRC's Minister of Mines and the EITI coordinator review the payroll situation of the mining royalty due to the Public Treasury and ETDs 2 Mining tax Economy Mining in DRC 

DRC’s Minister of Mines and the EITI coordinator review the payroll situation of the mining royalty due to the Public Treasury and ETDs

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The Minister of Mines, Willy Kitobo discussed this Thursday, March 11 with Jean-Jacques Kayembe, Coordinator of the EITI-DRC (Initiative for transparency in the extractive industries). Mr. Kayembe was accompanied by the consultant recruited to shed light on the payments by all parties of the mining royalty due to the Public Treasury, to the provinces, to ETDs and to the Mining Fund for Future Generations (FOMIN). “During this hearing, Mr. Jean-Jacques Kayembe, EITI-DRC coordinator presented to the Minister of Mines the consultant who had been recruited to carry out a monitoring mission… Read More Here
A local gold refining project presented to DRC's Minister of Mines Willy Kitobo 3 Gold Mining in DRC New Mining Projects 

A local gold refining project presented to DRC’s Minister of Mines Willy Kitobo

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The Cambridge Bullion Congo Sarl team and an English delegation accompanied by the representative of BGR (The Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe: BGR) were received on Thursday, March 11, 2021 in Kinshasa, by Minister of Mines Willy Kitobo. These personalities had come to present to the national boss of Mines their project for the refining of gold on site in the DRC. The delegation presented in detail a project to install a small-scale gold refining plant with a production capacity of one ton… Read More Here
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DRC’s presidential chief adviser, Ablavi Michel visits the new mineral trading center of Musompo, Lualaba

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The Principal Adviser to the Head of State in charge of mines and energies, Me Eboma Ablavi Michel visited this Saturday, February 20, 2021 the new mineral trading center in Musompo near Kolwezi, capital of the province of Lualaba. Accompanied by the Vice-Governor and Acting Governor Ms. Fifi Masuka Saini, Me Eboma Ablavi Michel visited various compartments including: the laboratory, the depots, the parking lot for large trucks and the bascule bridge. He congratulated the work carried out by the Provincial Executive. The provincial authority then took its distinguished guest to… Read More Here
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A New Chinese Mine to Add 40,000 tonnes to Zambia’s Copper Production

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A LARGE-SCALE mine which will create 3,000 jobs on the Copperbelt is scheduled to open in Kalulushi with production capacity of about 40,000 tonnes of copper and 5,000 tonnes of cobalt per annum. Last year, Zambia produced 646,111 tonnes of copper in the first nine months, up from 590,321 tonnes over the same period in 2019. Owners of the new mine called Zhonghui Mining Industry Limited (ZMIL) are planning to inject US$600 million (K12.6 billion) in the project over a period of five years. ZMIL has acquired a large-scale mining… Read More Here
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Here are the precautionary measures taken by President Tshisekedi following the resignation of the Ilunga government

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The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo on Saturday January 30, 2021 took a series of precautionary measures following the resignation of the Ilunga government. These measures include in particular the ban on the use of cession, transfer and alienation of State assets. (Below, all the protective measures taken by the Head of State) Read More Here

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