ZAMBIA AIRWAYS TO HIT SKY DECEMBER

$250, 000 has been invested in setting up a laboratory that will establish gold content in ore which will be bought from artisanal and small scale gold miners Zambia.

ZAMBIAAirways which is expected to take to the skies in the next two months will be a catalyst for economic growth, says Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General, Gabriel Lesa.

Mr Lesa said the national airline would come at a better time when the economy needed rejuvenation after being hit by the Covid-19 related factors.

He stressed that the national carrier would tremendously contribute to the revival of the economy as transportation was for economic development.

Transportation, plained, facilitated he trade, exag

ZCCM-IH has set up the laboratory in partnership with Karma Mining Services and Rural Development Limited in ly due to Covid-19 because we Mr Lesa expressed happi

Consolidated Gold Company. need rejuvenation and revivness that the aviation industry

Chief Executive Officer, Mabvuto al of the economy and this is was slowly opening up with Chipata, explained that the purpose going of to give some assurance all the international airports

the joint venture was to develop a gold that there is a scheduled carriback to full operations with

processing and trading operation in er in Zambia. exception of Mfuwe which

Zambia. “For the national airline was still setting up Covid-19

Mr Chipata said the investment was what it means is that now they prevention structures.

in line with one of ZCCM-IH’s strategic are getting into arrangements He said airlines such as

objectives of value creation which was with countries they want to fly Ethiopian, Emirates, Kenyan

to diversify its investments away from such as South Africa, Tanzania and RwandAir had resumed

copper to other minerals such as gold and Zimbabwe they have apflights. and other precious metals. plied,” Mr Lesa said. “In “fact even for Lusaka you

He said this during the laboratory Mr Lesa indicated that CAA are going to see a resumption

media tour in Lusaka yesterday. was hopeful that the national of Airlink into Lusaka and into

“This is also in line with Government’s carrier might start next month Ndola. They have already apclassification riculture, marketing, of gold as a tourism strategic or December ore that as would it had be already received plied from various and we have granted resource and other for Zambia,” downstream he said. secbeen clearance miners, who from would his get ora fair them share already. and tors. Consolidated Gold Company Chief ganisation. value for their material. “Airlink is going to start and Executive Mr Lesa Officer, was speaking Faisal Keer, in an explained He said: “As “At Karma the Mining moment Services South and Rural African would have that interview. the laboratory would be able to they have Development, been given our a expertise go started is in gold but I think they have process “It could about not 30 have samples come per at day. a ahead and processing, they are but arranging we are mostly a restructuring working going on,” Mr better Mr Keer time said than the this, laboratory especialwas critical the ticketing with system.” artisanal and small scale Lesa gold said.

to determine the gold accurately in the miners.

Mr Lesa