Shurugwi-based Chinese mining firm, Chengxi Chengetai Investments, has set up plans to develop a big Carbon in Pulp ( CIP) gold processing plant in the Midlands province, Southern Eye Business has learnt.
The gold CIP process uses activated carbon to absorb and recover gold from cyanide slurry.
Chengxi director Simon Karimanzira said the project had the potential to create 3 000 jobs and not only empower the Shurugwi community but the province as a whole.
“To support the next phase of our development, Chengxi Investments is advancing plans for one of the largest Carbon in Pulp processing plants in the Midlands province,” Karimanzira said.
“The proposed plant is expected to process between 3 000 to 4 000 tonnes of ore per day, expanding processing capacity, improving gold recovery and supporting mineral value addition.”
Karimanzira said as an experienced operator of heap-leach technology, Chengxi had the technical capacity and financial commitment required to advance responsible mineral processing and comprehensive environmental rehabilitation.
He said the company’s investment supports Vision 2030 and the National Development Strategies which recognise mining, value addition, industrialisation, employment creation and responsible natural resource management as drivers of economic transformation.
Karimanzira also revealed that the mining firm has developed a 11 megawatt solar energy plant which he said would be commissioned soon.
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“In response to climate-change challenges, Chengxi Investments has developed an approximately 11 megawatt solar energy facility expected to be commissioned soon,”he said.
He said his company also intends to support solar systems at strategic community facilities such as schools, clinics and hospitals, after consultation and feasibility studies.
