President Hakainde Hichilema says the exploration of the country’s mineral endowment is critical in the development of the mining sector.
President Hichilema said the mapping of mineral endowment is an important ingredient in driving the country’s national development.
The Head of State said this when he launched the country wide high resolution aerial geophysical survey. He pointed out that the mapping exercise will be used to bring order in the mining sector as opposed to people mining illegally.
President Hichilema noted that the country’s rich resource endowment should benefit everyone and not a few selected individuals.He indicated that the government will only be able to know what mineral sits in a particular region before forming joint partnerships with would-be investors.
The Head of State stated that the mineral exploration will also be used to determine how much underground water is in the county.
President Hichilema said from the findings, the government will be able to invest in irrigation so as to avert hunger in the wake of the drought.
He urged Zambians to ignore people fond of fabricating lies alleging that the government has sold the mineral worth of the country to foreigners.
And speaking at the same event, Lusaka Province Minister, Sheal Mulyata said the launch of the aerial geophysical survey is crucial in determining the country’s full mineral potential.
Mrs Mulyata noted that the mineral mapping exploration will provide the government with information on the mineral endowment in all the ten provinces.
She expressed optimism that the launch of the mineral mapping exercise will greatly contribute in reshaping the future of the mining industry in Zambia.
And Xcalibur Smart Mapping Chief Executive Officer, Andres Blanco Grasa thanked the government for entrusting the company with the responsibility of generating the mineral mapping data.
Mr Grasa said the data to be generated during the national mineral mapping exercise will be of high quality.
He explained that the technology to be used in the exercise is being used for the first in Africa and Zambia will have the best mineral data mapping compared to other African countries.
Mr Grasa assured the government that his company will train some Zambians as part of skills transfer in the interpretation of mineral data.
Meanwhile, Minister of Mines and Minerals Development, Paul Kabuswe thanked President Hichilema for providing the leadership towards the launch of the mineral exploration exercise.
Mr Kabuswe said this is the first time that mineral mapping has been done in Zambia since 1972 saying the mineral mapping exercise will enable the government know what mineral deposits are found in different parts of the country.
Mr Kabuswe pointed that the mineral mapping exercise is meant also to bring order and sanity in the mining sector.
He said some scrupulous people took advantage of the absence of a mineral map to engage in illegal mining activities.
Mr Kabuswe commended President Hichilema for the prudent policies his government is putting in place as they are yielding the desired results.
ZANIS
This is stupidity at it’s best. An heroines called Maureen Mwanawasa is at a mogul, and you are busy fornicating with some ugly useless foreigners with Google earth maps? Idyots!!
Maureen Kakubo and Nalumango were stoned by Kampyongo brothers during campaigns like in Afghanistan, and ici chi Kabushe and HH forget, busy being fcked by a dog we all know Branco Graca??? During funeral??
HH boyi you are been played by these kinds of Kabushe.
There is no need to be rude and uncouth in expressing your opinion. It does not in any way enhance your point. There is a time and place for everything and life must go on irrespective of the sentimentalities. The funeral programme of late Mrs Mwanawasa has not even been released yet. It could well be that the president will be in attendance there. Would you rather he suspends all activities to go and sit at the funeral house until burial? The dead can be honoured, but everything in its proper time and place.
Are you sure that Google maps is what is used to do a high resolution aerial geophysical survey or are you just playing to the semi illiterate gallery?
@ Nostradamus
So you think Politicians really care if someone dies. ..they don’t my dear brother….they only care about themselves and their pockets….and yes now they’re busy helping and giving bazungu land so that they can mine a get all our minerals…..HH IS FIGHTING CORRUPTION BY ENABLING CORRUPTION and HH himself is very corrupt
Don’t we have Zambian geologists with such skill set?
We ARE so stupid that Bill Gates and George Bizos came to tell us that with use of AI they discovered huge copper reserves in Chililabombwe. And we even gave them rights to this copper. And yet we know this copper has been there and records and survey reports indicate so. How stupid can we be fellow Zambians. Seeing these foreigners taking away our wealth in the name of technology.
@kikiki…Don’t say “we”……rather it’s one corrupt irresponsible individual called HH who is cheaply selling Zambia’s minerals to Western crooks. I can guarantee you that Zambia will not benefit from all this in any way. Western puppet HH is just enabling the plunder, the looting of our mineral resources by all these Western vultures and hyenas. And unfortunately the opposition in Zambia is currently extremely weak. How you let one ignorant man sell your country away while you idly sit back and watch? Stop being docile and speak up, or else Zambia is doomed.
The beginning of selling our country. This guy we have to be careful with him.
KK had mapped this country. All the data is at the geological survey department . These reports are there and we are paying foreigners to fly around the country and pay them millions to tell us what we already know.
You did read that it was last mapped in 1972 didn’t you. Do you have any idea of the level of advancement in technology and capability in mapping from 1972 to date?
Using what technology? The type present in 1972? Come on!
@ Nostradamus
Please respect elders its not these people you are insulting who have caused your predicament actually blame yourself for not using your God given entrepreneurship skills. Suppose today God calls you what are going to tell him that you will have left on earth? Never ever depend on anyone God has blessed with skills which you failed use for whatever reasons we do not know.
Be patient, choosing leaders anyhow, will end you with hyenas that will eat you – Hichilema. Look who is talking…mmmmm
Soon you will have your ka country carved up by all these tu ma guys you are allowing to tamper with your inner sanctums. Mwe fipuba mwe.
Have you noticed how these Opposition clowns get excited once they’re arrested by the police or whenever they’re is a Police call out….its free campaign for them and free advertisements because they know thats when they get media attention….HH should just ignore all these Opposition clowns and their Politcal careers will end but unfortunately the Supreme leader Ayatollah Hakainde Hichilema is also a dunderhead and empty tin so he keeps his chipante pante nonsense
There is too much ignorance on this platform. I will spare myself the trouble of explaining. For those with thirst for knowledge read a book or Google on Internet the difference between geological mapping and geophysical surveys. Delve deeper in the various types of geophysical surveys. Politicians and LT are not helping by failing to distinguish geological mapping from geophysics and how the two eventually come together.