PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Special Assistant for Economic Affairs, Jito Kayumba, says it will take four to five years for Ming’omba Mine to become fully operational. Kayumba has disclosed that KoBold Metals, the developer for Ming’omba project, has completed exploration activities, and the project is now at the development stage. When asked for an update on pledges from investors that had shown an interest in Zambia’s mining sector at the Mining Indaba, Kayumba told News Diggers in an interview that a number of projects were underway. “There are quite a number of meetings that we had but you have caught me off guard but obviously on the top of my mind these are the ones that came through in terms of...

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