Tertiary Minerals PLC – US and Zambia-focused mineral exploration and development company, concentrated on energy transition metals, celebrates the upcoming resumption of mining operations at Konkola copper mines, where production stalled on lengthy legal disputes between ZCCM-IH Ltd and Vedanta Resources Ltd.
KCM was the operator of the suspended Konkola mine on mining leases that adjoin Tertiary’s Konkola West copper project.
Executive Chair Patrick Cheetham says: “Vedanta’s commitment to invest US$1 billion in the mining operation adjacent to our Konkola West Project and the deep drilling at the nearby Mingomba deposit by KoBold Metals highlights that we really are working in elephant country. It is an exciting time to be exploring for copper in Zambia.”
