Christmas time means quiz time!

It’s that time of year again! If you’re a regular visitor to Mining for Zambia, your knowledge will shine through in our annual quiz. And, if your memory has already gone on holiday, don’t worry! All the answers can be found in our articles from the year gone by, mentioned in the ‘hints’ along the way. Good luck!

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Smelting is a prehistoric practice, believed to have begun in Egypt some time between 3500 and 3000 BCE. Which were the first metals to be smelted by prehistoric civilisations? (Hint: Read ‘Five Things You Didn’t Know About Smelting’ to find the answer.)

Tin and lead

Tin and copper

Copper and lead

Correct! Wrong!

How much was invested in getting First Quantum Minerals’ Sentinel mine online in August 2015? (Hint: it represented the single-largest upfront infrastructure investment in Zambia, since the Kariba Dam. Scan ‘Zambia’s history of copper production — Part 2’ for the answer.)

US$ 8.1 million

US$ 1.1 billion

US$ 2.1 billion

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the below is among the latest developments in technology used to improve drilling in mining operations? (You’ll find clues in ‘Five Things You Didn’t Know About Drilling’.)

Enforcing drill bits using copper cathode

Sprinkling diamonds throughout drill bits

Autonomous drilling, which allows a single drill operator to control multiple drilling rigs simultaneously from a remote location

Correct! Wrong!

Which mine responded to a call from local government to complete the construction of a planned maternity facility, involving connecting it to the national power grid and borehole water to enable it to temporarily serve as a COVID-19 Quarantine Centre? (Hint: You’ll find the answer in ‘From pledges to progress’.)

Barrick Lumwana

Kansanshi Mining Plc

Sentinel Copper Mine

Correct! Wrong!

When it comes to Zambia’s ability to initiate a post-COVID-19 mining-led economic recovery, the consensus among a range of economists and tax experts is that the removal of one particular tax provision is absolutely key. Which provision is it? (Psst! Take another look at ‘Are we prepared to play the long game?’ to find the answer.)

Zambia’s policy of mineral royalty non-deductibility, under which mineral royalties are not deductible against corporate income tax, amounting to double taxation

Import duties on capital equipment

The provision under Section 54 that requires 25% of an employee’s basic pay for their entire contract period worked to be paid out as severance pay or gratuity when contracts are terminated

Correct! Wrong!

Which mining company partnered with the Solwezi District Education Board to launch the School-on-Radio initiative in June 2020, aimed at bridging the education gap among primary school-going children during the countrywide COVID-19 lockdown-imposed school closures? (Hint: Read ‘Sending school to children’ to find the answer.)

First Quantum Minerals

Barrick Lumwana

Chambishi Copper Mine

Correct! Wrong!

Which mining company initiated a project in collaboration with First Quantum Minerals to benefit communities in an area where it’s currently engaged in the early stages of an exploration venture, demonstrating its commitment to a long-term relationship? (Hint: Read ‘In it for the long haul’ to discover the answer.)

First Quantum Minerals

Anglo American

Nonferrous China Africa (NFCA)

Correct! Wrong!

When Mining For Zambia asked the country’s financial brains whether our economy is on the road to recovery, and if the mining sector could possibly be the driver of a post-COVID economic recovery, who responded with a resounding ‘Yes’? (Hint: Read ‘Are we prepared to play the long game?’ for the answer.)

Economist Noel Nkoma and economist Oliver Saasa

Economist Oliver Saasa and Tax partner at KPMG Zambia, Michael Phiri

All three of them

Correct! Wrong!

How much had Barrick Lumwana pledged towards containing COVID-19 by April this year?

US$ 340,000 for medical supplies and equipment at the national level

US$ 100,000 for North-Western province

US$ 90,000 for Kalumbila district

Each of the above amounts, totalling US$ 530,000 (approximately K9.6 million at the time)

Correct! Wrong!

What is the goal behind Solwezi’s first women-run jewellery workshop, Nsanshi Art, which was set up and funded by FQM Kansanshi in May this year? (Refresh your memory by reading ‘Making Copper Count’.)

Adding value to local minerals

Training young women in jewellery-making to create inspired copper items that will appeal to a new market

Raising funds for vulnerable women and girls in the community, via sales of the products made in the workshop

Providing employment to young women during a two-year apprenticeship

All of the above

Correct! Wrong!

Mining for Zambia Christmas Quiz 2020

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