“WHEREBY, YOU ARE A PIONEERING INDIGENOUS INVESTOR AND HIGHLY RESPECTED IN ZAMBIA’S MINING SECTOR, WITH OVER FOUR DECADES OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY. AS FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF MUSAMU RESOURCES LTD, YOU LED A 12-YEAR EXPLORATION PROGRAMME THAT DISCOVERED A MAJOR MANGANESE ORE BODY IN LUAPULA PROVINCE, CULMINATING IN THE LUONGO MANGANESE MINE, THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE MANGANESE MINE OWNED BY INDIGENOUS ZAMBIANS. YOU FURTHER, ESTABLISHED TASHENI MINING & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS LTD AND GEO PETROLEUM LTD, A WHOLLY ZAMBIAN-OWNED OIL EXPLORATION COMPANY, DEMONSTRATING A COMMITMENT TO INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN THE EXTRACTIVE SECTOR. BEYOND MINING, YOU FOUNDED SANSAMUKENI PRIVATE SCHOOL (1997), WHICH HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS GRADUATES EXCELLING LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. YOUR EXTENSIVE MINING CAREER SPANS UNDERGROUND AND OPEN-PIT OPERATIONS IN COPPER, COBALT, ZINC, LEAD, NICKEL, AND EMERALDS. YOU LED NOTABLE PROJECTS AMONG THEM KONKOLA DEEP MINING PROJECT, CHINGOLA OPEN PITS, CHINGOLA HEAP LEACH PROJECT, AND ZAMBIA’S FIRST NICKEL MINE, MUNALI, UNDER ALBIDON ZAMBIA. INTERNATIONALLY, YOU SERVED AS ADVISOR TO THE WORLD BANK (2001–2014). YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY, AS A SCIENTIST, INDUSTRIALIST, EDUCATIONIST, AND ADVISOR, WHOSE VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION CONTINUE TO SHAPE ZAMBIA’S MINING INDUSTRY AND THE EXTRACTIVE SECTOR. YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE MINING INDUSTRY AND BEYOND IS WORTHY OF SPECIAL COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | Lusaka |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 1335 |
| Gazette Vol. | — |
| Gazette Date | 2025-10-22 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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