Our Operations

Lubambe is a large-scale operating underground copper mine.   The Mine sits on a tenement area of approximately 58.1km² which is part of the Konkola Musoshi Basin, located within Zambia’s Copperbelt Province which hosts one of the largest copper deposits in the world. 

The mineralization is hosted in regionally extensive, variable organic rich, marginal marine siltstone or shale termed the Copperbelt Orebody member, colloquially known as the “Ore Shale”. It forms the basal unit of the Kitwe Formation, which comprises interbedded siliciclastic and carbonate rocks. The deposit has a global mean grade of 1.95%TCu with individual drillhole assay composite grades ranging between 0.50-6.0% TCu and a varying orebody thickness of 2.0 - 6.0m across a strike length of 5km.

The operation produces a high - grade concentrate averaging 40% Cu, sold under offtake agreements to smelters in Zambia.

The mine has a total workforce of approximately 2,650 FTE (full time equivalent) of which approximately of 630 are employees of LCML. The Mine is serviced by an international road from Chingola to Kasumbalesa.