Barrick Gold Lumwana Mine has reported a 12% increase in the annual 2022 copper production beating the 2021 production.
The 2022 annual copper production at the North Western’s Lumwana Copper Mine stood at 121, 113 metric tons representing a 12% increase in production.
According to mineral production figures obtained from the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development, obtained by the Zambian Business Times –ZBT – the 2022 annual Copper production at Lumwana stood at 121, 113 metric tons from the 108, 790 metric tons recorded in 2021.
The North Western Province based Lumwana mine is a large copper mine located in north-west Zambia in North-Western Province.
Lumwana is owned by Barrick Gold and represents one of the largest copper reserves in Zambia and in the world having estimated 5.014 billion pounds of proven and probable copper reserves of ore grading 0.68% copper.
