Lumwana Mine has started carrying out explorations on Uranium and the project is scheduled to be completed in February 2008.
Mine Managing Director Harry Michael disclosed this when Solwezi District Commissioner Albert Chifita toured the Mine over the weekend.
Mr Michael expressed optimism that the project and that the mine would wait for Government to issue it with a license to enable the mine embark on mining Uranium once explorations are completed.
The Managing Director also disclosed that Lumwana spends over US$ 1.5 million a day on its operations.
“I am certain, the Uranium exploration project will be successful and will wait from the Government to give us the license to embark on Uranium Mining once the project is complete”. Mr Michael said.
….and we need to refine uranium right in Zambia and have 5 nukes by 2010.
Hee hee hee…Nukes for what? ..just for the sake of having nukes? Not when there is so much poverty among our pipo and not to mention the delapidated infrastructure!
AIM Resources says drilling at Zambia copper-gold project to begin this month
Mining company AIM Resources Ltd said drilling at its Mumbwa copper-gold project in Zambia will start later this month.It said it has engaged three drilling rigs to complete 13 cored holes for a total of about 9,100 metres. Ground personnel have already inspected the drill sites and logistics management is underway, it added.
It said the drilling programme is the follow up to previously intersected mineralisation, announced on May 22, which yielded 655.4 metres at 0.46 pct Cu and included some gold in drill hole S36-001.
I would love to see to it that gvt is aware of implications of uranium mining. It is my hope that experts are employed especially Zambians who may have their kin at heart. We may not have the capacity to redress radioactive contamination and strong measures including decontamination and penalties MUST be put in place before allowing companies to start mining of uranium. Radioactive contamination may not be as acute as acid spillage that we have seen in terms of diagnosis and treatment.
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