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CONSULTANTS
Project:
Client:
Location:
Retail and commercial development
Zambian government
Zambia
The Zambian government has entered into a public-
private partnership (PPP) that is expected to construct
three corporate and business parks in the country’s
Mansa District at an estimated cost of USD22-million.
The corporate and business parks will include hotels,
office space, and a shopping mall.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS, Luapula
Province investment coordinator Joseph Maopu says
the works are to begin this year, starting with the
construction of a shopping mall in Chabala Muwe area
at a cost of USD5-million. Another business park will
be constructed at Mansa Trades Institute at an estimated
cost of USD10-million. The mall to be constructed at
Mansa Civic Hotel between Mansa Municipal Council
and D-Tech Engineering, is estimated at USD6-million,
with construction taking place from 2020 to 2021. The
construction works of the mall at Chabala Muwe, which
will be known as Mansa Mall, will commence in Q1
2019 and be operational before the end of the year.
Through the council, government will ensure that it
signs memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with
multinational companies to link up with local businesses
such as farmers to sell their products in supermarkets. The
coming of these business parks also gives an opportunity
for farmers to start producing on a large scale because
the demand for local products will increase.
Three corporate parks for Zambia
Luapula Province has vast water resources.
Hagenhof Copper-Cobalt
Project, Namibia
Project:
Client:
Location:
Mine infrastructure
Tanga Resources
Namibia
Australian-based exploration and development company
Tanga Resources announced that its 2019 programme will
commence soon in Namibia with the Hagenhof Copper-
Cobalt Project, which is awaiting drilling permission from
the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
The Hagenhof Copper-Cobalt Project is a highly
prospective copper-cobalt project, hosted within a major
structural setting, within the Damara belt in central
northern Namibia. The exploration licence covers a total
area of 197km² and is 100% owned by Tanga, which
recently announced that it is advancing the various permits
and approvals required to secure drilling permission,
following the completion of the environmental impact
assessment for Hagenhof and the public consultation
period.
According to a statement, the company looks forward to
commencing drilling at Hagenhof during the first quarter.
Local company Gekko Drilling and Blasting has been
appointed to undertake the drill programme, initially
based on 1 200m of reverse circulation drilling, designed
to target high-grade copper-cobalt mineralisation and
to test the grade and tenor of the historical copper
mineralisation reported at Hagenhof.
Tanga further noted that drill samples will be sent
for multi-element analysis, as well as gold, which has
not previously been tested for at Hagenhof. Historical
exploration work undertaken at Hagenhof Copper-Cobalt
Project includes seven diamond drill holes drilled by
Phelps Dodge Exploration in 1972, and two diamond drill
holes drilled by TG Exploration in 1973, targeting south-
west plunging sulphide-rich shoots.
Tanga is on the hunt for minerals in Namibia.
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