Ivanhoe Mines reports fatality at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project
June 4, 2020
Ivanhoe Mines reports fatality at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project
KOLWEZI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; OTCQX:
IVPAF) regrets to report that a fatal accident occurred at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in
the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The accident occurred underground at the Kakula Mine when a contractor’s employee was hit
in the leg by a loose rock while he was working at one of the mine’s working faces, which
caused the employee to fall backwards, striking his head on a rock. Despite immediate first-aid
assistance by his colleagues, he passed away at the accident scene.
As well as investigating the accident internally, the Kamoa-Kakula senior management team
and the contractor’s management team are working with the DRC authorities to facilitate their
investigation of the accident.
The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin
Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the DRC government (20%).
About Ivanhoe Mines
Ivanhoe Mines is a Canadian mining company focused on advancing its three principal joint-
venture projects in Southern Africa: the development of major new, mechanized, underground
mines at the Kamoa-Kakula copper discoveries in the Democratic Republic of Congo and at
the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa; and the
extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver
mine, also in the Democratic Republic of Congo .
Kamoa-Kakula began producing copper concentrates in May 2021 and, through phased
expansions, is positioned to become one of the world's largest copper producers. Kamoa-
Kakula and Kipushi will be powered by clean, renewable hydro-generated electricity and will be
among the world’s lowest greenhouse gas emitters per unit of metal produced. Ivanhoe Mines
has pledged to achieve net-zero operational greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2) at the
Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine when large-scale electric, hydrogen and hybrid underground
mining equipment become commercially available. Ivanhoe also is exploring for new copper
discoveries on its Western Foreland exploration licences in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
near the Kamoa-Kakula Project.
Information contacts
Investors Bill Trenaman +1.604.331.9834 Media Matthew Keevil +1.604. 558.1034