Tertiary Minerals plc’s local partner and licence holder Mwashia Resources Ltd has received approval of the environmental project brief (EPB) for its Mushima North copper projects in Zambia.
MUSHIMA
The project, together with the Mukai project in Zambia has a data sharing and technical agreement with global copper producer First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
Tertiary is earning up to a 90% interests in Mushima which is within exploration licence 27068-HQ-LEL and covers 701.3km2.
APPROVALS
The Zambian Environmental Management Agency has now granted approval for three projects.
The previous two for Konkola West (27067-HQ-LEL over 71.9km2) and Lubuila (27065-HQ-LEL over 334.8km2) were granted in November 2022.
Tertiary said that the final outstanding EPB for the Mukai copper project within 27066-HQ-LEL and covering 55.4km2, was at an advanced stage.
EPB approval is a key requirement before field exploration programmes can begin.