We believe that education is the key to unlocking the potential of our host communities.  We therefore focus on enhancing education, both at school level and above, to ensure our community members can access good quality jobs.

We support schools and education initiatives across the Kabwe and Luanshya by providing educational material, including stationery, books, desks and chairs and school clothes. These materials, though, are of much greater value when the children are taught effectively. To this end, we funded an additional teacher at a local school and made improvements to learning environments and essential infrastructure. This included support for classroom facilities, sanitation, and other essential infrastructure. It has also supported greater engagement between the teachers and pupils and contributed to a greater depth of learning.

We recognise the fact that some of our employees have not had the opportunity to complete a formal schooling career and we have embarked on an adult-based education programme. This programme will assist eighteen participating employees to complete a training programme consisting of communication, literacy and numeracy skills.

Access to water is a basic human right that requires attention in the broader communities. As many of our host communities occupy informal settlements on the fringes of mines which have limited infrastructure and utility services, many residents do not have ready access to clean water. In some cases, residents will have to walk over 5km to the nearest water source.

We continue to endeavour facilitating such access to safe drinking water for our host communities. Our metals recovery processes effectively remove toxic substances and contaminants from historical tailings storage facilities; substances that prior to being retreated would have seeped into and contaminated ground water sources. We eliminate much of the contaminants, but our zero effluent policy means that no chemicals and materials used in the recovery of metals pollutes local potable water sources.

We believe in promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth through the provision of meaningful employment opportunities. We actively employed local labour in several areas in our business operations, and prioritised internships and technical training programmes to build a local talent pipeline.

Resource efficiency is the epitome of Jubilee’s business model. Through innovative processing methods, we reduce environmental impacts while maximising the value of finite resources. Our metals recovery process redefines traditional resource use by creating value from previously processed, low-grade and secondary materials, supporting practical solutions for circular resource use and environmental stewardship.