Trident Copper/Nickel Project, Zambia

The Trident project involves the development of three open-pit mines, a smelter and an airstrip at Kalumbila, in Zambia’s copperbelt. It comprises three distinct areas of mineralisation, namely Sentinel, Enterprise and Intrepid. It is planned that Sentinel will be developed first, followed by Enterprise and then Intrepid. The Sentinel mine is envisioned to target sulphide ores. The Enterpise operation will focus on nickel ore and the Intrepid mine will target copper ore at two million tons a year. The Sentinel mine and smelter project will require a capital investment of more than $2.4 billion.