By Margaret Kamba 

Kamativi Mining Company's Chief Operations Officer Turkey Liang says the entity is a gift to the people of Zimbabwe and coming from deep within their heart. 

The company which is currently is in its first phase houses 20, 60 tonne tippers and 30, 20 tonner tippers as well as excavators as part of the machinery invested by the company for the open cast lithium mining project.

 The company is a subsidiary of its mother company Yahua Group which is ranked fifth in the world for being a top lithium hydroperoxide supplier and explosives. Yahua has 70 subsidiaries in Australia, Ethiopia, Namibia, China and Zimbabwe. 

Liang said much work had been done for phase one, with the company expecting official commissioning next month.

He added that a lot of work besides geological surveys, road construction and overburden removal was already being done.

"We are grateful for the support from Government and excited that we will be able to do this project as a gift to the people of Zimbabwe from our hearts. This project started in September 2022 and we are currently 85 percent towards completion of phase 1. Phase 2 is only at 30 percent stage of completion," Liang said.

"Since inception we have pulled 80 kilometres high voltage powerline from Hwange Power Station and have drilled 35 000 metres so far in the overburden removal process. We want to build a 500 000 diesel depot because we are using 25 000 litres per day in the processes already underway.

"We have so far used 60 million dollars for phase 1 and phase 2 in the construction of roads, corporate social responsibility and a storage facility amongst other things."

Liang added that the company is striving to ensure that they are the best example of business in the country.