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BMR still awaiting ESIA approval

24th March 2016

By: Anine Kilian

Contributing Editor Online

  

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed Berkeley Mineral Resources (BMR) is still awaiting formal approval from the Zambian Environmental Management Agency (Zema) in respect of a definitive environmental social impact assessment (ESIA) for its tailings retreatment process and the construction of a pilot and a main treatment plant in Kabwe.

BMR plans to produce lead, zinc and copper from tailings at its Kabwe project.

“As we have not yet received Zema approval, our current target is to complete the construction of the pilot plant during 2016 and to commence production thereafter,” said BMR chairperson Alex Borelli.

He added that BMR continued to focus on a thorough assessment of the costings of the pilot plant, in terms of both operational and capital expenditure, for the company’s planned treatment rate of a minimum of 5 t/h operating on a 24/7 basis. 
 

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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