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Government has ordered Mwembeshi Resources Limited to cease all works in Lower Zambezi National Park (LZNP) due to non compliance to conditions in the decision letter.
Green Economy and Environment Minister, Collins Nzovu, said Zambia Environment Management Agency (ZEMA) has served a compliance order on Mwembeshi Resources Limited.
Announcing the development at a press briefing in Lusaka on Wednesday, Nzovu said the order is for the company to cease mining of gravel and other road construction materials from the two borrow pits and any other sources within the Lower Zambezi National Park.
He said the company has also been ordered to cease the construction of foundations for buildings and any other project activities.
“Multiple inspections and legal reviews by ZEMA have established beyond reasonable doubt that Mwembeshi Resources Limited has violated a number of conditions of the May 7, 2021 environmental Impact Assessment decision letter for the proposed large-scale mining activities in lower Zambezi National park of Luangwa District,” Nzovu said.
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He further directed Mwembeshi Resources to cease the construction of roads in National park, which include excavation, hauling of materials, clearing of vegetation and all related activities.
Nzovu said Mwembeshi Resources Limited also be required to submit a site Environmental restoration plan for the degraded Environment at the borrow pits and any other area in the National Park.
“The degraded Environment shall be restored to it’s former or better state as required by the Environmental Management Act (EMA) no. 12 of 2012,” he said.
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