OPERATING RESPONSIBLY

Trevali boasts a unique approach with regards to corporate social responsibility, as Horn elaborates further.

“We don’t want to simply ‘tick the boxes’ as far as CSR or ESG reporting goes,” he assures us. “We want to partner with our communities to improve the areas in which we operate and leave sustainable programmes that add value to the economy well after the mine is closed.

“More specifically, at Rosh Pinah we run the local medical facility and town maintenance in partnership with Skorpion Zinc, our neighbouring mine. We are jointly partnering with local and national government to invest in projects that can create employment other than mining.

“To this extent Trevali has successfully trained up employees to make world class weaved carpets from our karakul sheep. The wool is bought from local farmers and the

carpets are hand woven in Rosh Pinah with a lifetime guarantee. We also trained up people to make leather handbags, laptop bags and various genuine leather products that also carry a lifetime warranty. These products are all made locally in Rosh Pinah.”

At present, Trevali are additionally working with one of the universities for a potential agricultural project. The company is working alongside the Chamber of Mines of Namibia and other mines in the south of the country to integrate its projects that are aimed to provide critical mass and significance in the country.

THE FUTURE OF TREVALI

As for the years ahead, Trevali’s

RP2.0 Expansion Project will remain the company’s largest continuing operation.

Alongside this, Trevali has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Emesco; a deal that will supply the company with solar energy and is anticipated to start towards the fourth quarter of 2021 and will significantly reduce our power costs.

“Our digitisation projects continue and there is a whole host of initiatives being rolled out as we speak. It’s a very exciting and busy time for Rosh Pinah!”