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Oliver Kazunga
Senior Business Reporter
KUVIMBA Mining House (KMH) has launched its annual sustainability campaign aimed at fostering environmental stewardship and resilience in the group’s operational areas.
The campaign, which has been launched at Freda Rebecca Gold Mine in Bindura has seen 500 indigenous trees being planted at the mine’s tailings storage facility today.
This is in addition to the 10 800 indigenous trees that have been planted around Freda Rebecca Gold Mine’s tailings storage facility since the beginning of the year.
KMH is Zimbabwe’s leading gold producer and a mining conglomerate with diverse assets that also include Platinum Group Metals, energy and bulk commodities through mines such as Sandawana Mines, and Great Dyke Investments platinum project in Darwendale, and Jena Mines.
Speaking at the launch event, KMH group chief executive Mr Trevor Barnard said: “We are actually here to launch a very special initiative which is part of our CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) programme, which is called ‘Restoring nature, and securing tomorrow’.
“So, this is an important initiative for us because it absolutely directly connects with our vision for Kuvimba Mining House.
“And our vision is to secure sustainable future for Zimbabweans for future generations,” he said.
Through the campaign, KMH focuses on restoring and rebuilding sustainable communities by developing and preserving green spaces using native plants, dust suppression initiatives, and local infrastructure rehabilitation.
Mr Barnard emphasized the company’s commitment to environmental preservation and community protection. “We are strongly committed to preserving the environment and protecting communities in our operational areas.
“I am delighted to launch the ‘Restoring
Nature, Securing Tomorrow’ initiative, where we build our operations and support our teams to foster environmental stewardship. We work in collaboration with local
communities to realise intergenerational environmental sustainability,” he said.
Chief Chipadze, Environmental Management Agency and over 100 students on attachment and graduate trainees at Freda Rebecca Gold were part of the delegates who participated in the
environmental stewardship programme. The event coincides with international women’s week and will also honour the role of women in environmental stewardship.
As part of the campaign, KMH’s operational mines have been actively involved in various community initiatives to promote environmental sustainability.
Against this background, Sandawana Mines, a lithium mine in the energy cluster, has built over 20 kilometres of roadworks and implemented dust suppression initiatives in Mberengwa District, Midlands Province.
Additionally, Sandawana has rolled out health promotion initiatives for the district while Jena Mines, KMH’s gold operation also in Midlands has constructed over 5 kilometres of roadworks in the Lower Gweru area — and Zimbabwe Alloys operates a backfilling programme for disused pits to protect local communities.
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