Jus noticed an article from 31/1/2023...
electricity
DRC: renewable energies will represent 93% of the energy mix at the Kibali gold mine by 2025
Creation date: January 31, 2023 11:08
(Agence Ecofin) - With more than 800,000 ounces of gold produced each year, Kibali is the largest gold mine in Africa. It is currently supplied with energy by three hydroelectric power stations with a combined capacity of 44 MW.
In the DRC, the share of renewable energies in the energy mix of the Kibali gold mine will reach 93% in 2025, compared to 81% currently. This was indicated Monday, January 30 Mark Bristow, CEO of Canadian Barrick Gold, the world's second largest gold producer and co-owner of the largest gold mine in Africa.
The company will indeed build a 17 MW solar power plant in addition to the three hydroelectric power plants that currently supply Kibali. These are Nzoro-1 and 2 and the Azambi hydroelectric plant, with a total capacity of 44 MW.
Kibali is therefore a successful example of how the immense hydroelectric potential of the DRC can support the exploitation of its equally immense mineral potential, to the point of inspiring other mining companies.
Australian AVZ Minerals has signed a memorandum of understanding to renovate the Mpiana-Mwanga hydroelectric power station for its future Manono lithium mine.
Canada's Ivanhoe Mines has also launched
two renovation projects involving turbine 5 of the Inga II hydroelectric complex and the Mwadingusha hydroelectric power station, to supply 240 MW of renewable electricity to its large Kamoa-Kakula copper complex.
Emiliano Tossou
I don't know if this is a new MOU.