Kinsevere Copper Mine

Kinsevere Copper Mine

Focus:

• Pre-Feasibility Study
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Hydrogeological feasibility study
• Dewatering system design
• Water Quality Monitoring

Client: AMCK (Joint venture between Anvil Mining and Mining Company of Katanga)

Location: DRC

Project Description: The project is located in the Kipushi territory in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, approximately 30 km north from Lubumbashi. The copper mineralization at Kinsevere Copper Mine, which takes place in the Central Pit, Mashi and Kinsevere Hill deposits, occurs predominantly as stratiform deposits in rocks of the Mines Series. The Mines Series essentially consists of alternating dolomitic and terrigenous formations, which are presumed to have been deposited on a continental shelf in a generally reducing environment. The underlying dolomitic rocks form excellent developed aquifers with some boreholes yielding more than 150 l/sec (air-lift yield). These well-developed aquifers are situated within a relatively poorly developed aquifer made up of argillaceous rocks.