Kamativi Mine

Assessment scope

The Kamativi lithium mining operation is located in the Hwange District of Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland North Province. The site is operated by Kamativi Mining Company (KMC), a joint venture between Sichuan PD Technology Group (85%) and Denfold Mine (Private) Limited (15%). Production of spodumene (lithium-bearing ore) began in 2024. Under different ownership the site produced tin, niobium and tantalum from 1936 until 1994. The mine employs approximately 785 people and spans approximately 500 hectares within the site boundary. Approximately 6,000 people in three communities live near the operation.

The scope of the IRMA assessment will include the following operations and facilities including:

• concentrate storage and packaging;
• domestic water treatment and supply;
• emergency response facilities;
• maintenance workshops and fuel storage;
• on-site community services including medical services.
• on-site laboratories;
• open pit mine operations;
• two on-site processing plants, crushing, grinding, and flotation circuits;
• tailings storage facilities, including tailings dams and slurry pipelines;
• wastewater treatment and discharge facilities;
• other waste storage and waste rock dump areas;
• water retention dams,
• worker housing and associated facilities;

Of the 26 chapters in the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining, the operator proposes that 4.7 Cyanide Management does not apply. Chapter relevancy will be assessed during the audit.