First permanent infrastructure being built at new DRC tin mine

The first permanent mining infrastructure is being built at the proposed new tin mine at Bisie, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for which $130-million is being raised. Alphamin Resources CEO Boris Kamstra said the return airway drive being built would be used to acclimatise mining crews to safety at the Mpama North prospect in North Kivu, where a definitive feasibility study points to a 380-employee operation that will produce at a rate of 9 000 t of tin in concentrate a year from 2019.