Sandawana relocates 104 families to clear way for US$300m lithium plant

Zimbabwe’s Sandawana lithium project is moving closer to construction of a planned US$300 million processing plant, with Mutapa Energy Resources relocating 104 families from land earmarked for the development.

Mutapa Energy Resources chief executive officer Innocent Rukweza said the company was targeting the end of September to complete construction of new homes for the affected families, clearing the way for the development of the lithium concentrator.

“We are targeting 20 September to about the end of September to finalise all the 104 houses,” Rukweza said.

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