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the mine produced 18,124 tonnes of copper which is to date the highest amount of production .

Come 2014 , the copper grades began dropping but Chibuluma continued to produce significantly high amounts of copper ore at 604,000 tonnes – the current annual highest production from the ore body .

So where does Sikamo enter the fray ? His introduction as General Manager in 2013 in itself is a major contributor to the significance of the Chibuluma mine .

“ I was the first Zambian General Manager of an operating mine since privatisation started in Zambia back in 2000 ,” he says . “ That ’ s a major success for a foreign investor who places a level of trust in the abilities of the Zambian people .”

That foreign investment comes in the form of Jinchaun Group , a Chinese state owned mining company . Jinchaun Group acquired Metorex in 2012 and Sikamo points to that foreign ownership as not only a key success , a major foreign conglomerate investing in Zambian mining , but a major contributor to the livelihood of Chibuluma through the provision of additional resources .

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