HISTORIC COBALT AND COPPER PRODUCER FROM SIGNIFICANT OPEN PIT RESOURCES

ABOUT BOSS MINING

BOSS MINING

Boss Mining SAS (Boss Mining)

 

Location: Lualaba and Haut-Katanga Provinces, DRC

 

Status: Care and maintenance

Ownership: 51% ERG, 49% Gécamines

Products: Copper cathode, cobalt hydroxide (also historically: cobalt oxide, sulphide concentrate, carbonate)

Boss Mining is a large-scale, high-grade copper and cobalt operation with a long history of production. The operation comprises open-pit mines, concentrator plants and a solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW) facility, capable of producing copper cathode and cobalt hydroxide.

BOSS MINING Map

Key community investment initiatives

Uplifting the communities where we operate

Ongoing investment in Cahier des Charges, DOT 0,3% and payment of our mining royalties (redevances minières).

Investment areas:

  • Water

  • Agriculture

  • Education

  • Health

  • Infrastructure development

Other voluntary initiatives include but are not limited to:

  • Providing clean drinking water to the communities

  • Approximately 510,565 kWh of electricity monthly to Kakanda Centre, Mwepu, Ntamba, Kikaka residents

  • Funding 129 teaching positions across 13 nearby schools, supporting access to education for more than 4,600 students

  • Conducting human rights awareness programmes, including training in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR) for private security personnel.

Downloads

ERG Human Rights Policy

Boss Mining Human Rights Statement of Commitment

ERG Africa SHS Policy