The Zambia Gold Company-ZGC says it is working to promote more gold mining in the country as one way of developing the gold sector.
Company Public Relations Manager Mathews Liyani said the company has continued to play a leading role in the extraction of value in the gold sub-sector in Zambia.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Zambian Business Times-ZBT, Liyani noted that this stems from the company’s mandate to lead the development of the gold sub-sector through various activities aimed at exploiting gold throughout the value chain.
He mentioned that the company is undertaking value addition activities by processing some of its gold stock into various products such as rings, necklaces, stamped bars for treasure collections and other ornaments.
“The gold and silver that the company is buying from the small scale and artisanal miners is being processed into jewellery which is now being sold as a finished product”, he said
Liyani said the company provides a market for the gold which the artisanal miners are mining and is processed into finished products.
