KUVIMBA Mining House (KMH) has launched its annual sustainability campaign, which aims to promote environmental stewardship and build environmental resilience in the company's operational areas.
The initiative, dubbed Restoring Nature, Securing Tomorrow, focuses on restoring and rebuilding sustainable communities through the development and preservation of green spaces using native plants, dust suppression initiatives, and local infrastructure rehabilitation.
The campaign was launched at Freda Rebecca Gold Mine on Friday, where over 10 000 trees have been planted since January 2025 around the tailings storage facility (TSF), a mining structure used to store waste materials after mineral extraction.
TSFs can cause significant damage to local communities if not managed properly.
Speaking to the media ahead of the launch, KMH group chief executive officer Trevor Barnard emphasised the company's commitment to environmental preservation and community protection.
“We are strongly committed to preserving the environment and protecting communities in our operational areas,” he said.
“I am delighted to launch the Restoring Nature, Securing Tomorrow initiative, where we build our operations and support our teams to foster environmental stewardship.
“We work in collaboration with local communities to achieve intergenerational environmental sustainability.”
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Local Chief Chipadze, the Environmental Management Agency, and over 100 students on attachment and graduate trainees at Freda Rebecca Gold Mine were among the delegates who participated in the environmental stewardship programme.
The event coincides with International Women’s Week and will also honour the role of women in environmental stewardship.
As part of this campaign, KMH’s operational mines have been actively involved in various community initiatives.
Sandawana Mines, the company's lithium mine in the energy cluster, has built over 20 kilometres of roadworks and implemented dust suppression initiatives in the Mberengwa District.
Additionally, they have rolled out health promotion initiatives for the district and its 16 chiefs.
Jena Mines has constructed over five kilometres of roadworks in the Lower Gweru area, while Zimbabwe Alloys operates a backfilling programme for disused pits to protect local communities.
KMH is Zimbabwe's leading gold producer and a mining conglomerate with a diverse portfolio of mines in gold, platinum group metals, energy, and bulk commodities clusters.
