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UK Government Press Release Supports Zambia Growth
UK Government Press Release Supports Zambia Growth.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n 3 August 2023\n \nTertiary Minerals plc (\"Tertiary\" or \"the Company\")\n \nUK SUPPORTS GREEN GROWTH & CRITICAL MINERALS DEVELOPMEMNT IN ZAMBIA\nTertiary Minerals plc, the AIM traded company exploring for copper in Zambia would like to draw attention to the UK Government's Press Release made earlier today as Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, visits Zambia and announces new targets for the UK-Zambia Green Growth Compact.\nKey Points\n· the Foreign Secretary has announced a UK clean energy partnership with Zambia today at the end of a 4-day visit to Africa.\n· new ambitious targets set for green investment include up to £2.5 billion of UK private sector funding and up to £500 million in UK government backed investments.\n· James Cleverly is the first Foreign Secretary to visit Zambia in over 30 years, he will also tour a copper mine and sign a memorandum of understanding on critical minerals.\nThe Press Release states that: \" The new targets will be delivered through the UK-Zambia Green Growth Compact, which aims to drive investment in Zambia's green economy, strengthening the growing economic partnership between Zambia and the UK.\nSupporting the Foreign Secretary's drive to prioritise future-focussed, mutually beneficial partnerships on his visit to Africa this week, these new targets include generating up to £2.5 billion of British private sector investment in Zambia's mining, minerals and renewable energy sectors, delivering up to £500 million of UK government-backed investments and mobilising up to £150 million of private sector investment into small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). UK and Zambian firms will benefit from the commercial opportunities, growing the economy of both countries.\"\nThe Foreign Secretary will also tour the Mimbula Copper Mine, where British firm Moxico Resources will invest an additional $210 million (around £164 million) of private sector funding to expand production at the site, increasing exports, and economic growth in both Zambia and the UK.\nJames Cleverly will also sign a memorandum of understanding on critical minerals which will lay the foundation for further UK support for the responsible mining of copper, cobalt and other metals essential to the global clean e...