Cipembele Exploration & Mining Services Ltd
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CIPEMBELE
EXPLORATION & MINING SERVICES LTD
Capability Statement
2026
Driven by discovery, guided by integrity. Cipembele is a Zambian drilling and exploration contractor delivering diamond core, reverse circulation, grade control and geological services across Zambia — and expanding regionally. Zero lost-time injuries across all programmes to date.
788.63m
Deepest single hole
What sets us apart
The Zambian-owned driller the majors already trust. Beyond being a wholly Zambian-owned and Zambian-run drilling company:
1. Local content without the performance risk — 100% Zambian-owned and proven on programmes for KoBold Metals, First Quantum Minerals, Moxico Resources, Xtract Resources, Midnight Sun Mining and ZCCM-IH. Contracting us directly strengthens your local-content position under SI 68 of 2025.
2. Live data from the hole — Our Hanjin D&B rigs stream 40 telematics parameters, and Starlink with CorePlan puts drilling data in front of your geologists in real time.
3. A safety record with numbers — Zero lost-time injuries across 58,495m+ drilled and 40+ programmes.
4. Fast recovery when things break — Critical spares and a standby team are held on site, and supplier relationships across the DRC, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana mean parts and support often arrive within a day.
5. Proven in bad ground — Triple-tube barrels are held on every deep programme, with consistent core recovery through fractured ground at 500–700m+.
6. One contract, many services — Core, RC, grade control, geochemical sampling, drill & blast and quarry management under a single contractor.
7. A deliberate skills pipeline — Over 90% of our workforce is Zambian, and experienced drillers mentor offsiders toward driller certification.
Safety first
Safety is our first priority — zero incidents, every shift. Stop-work authority for every crew member · visible safety leadership on the drill pads · continuous drilling, HSE and first-aid training · local hiring and skills transfer in every community we work in.
Core services
Diamond Drilling — surface & deep-hole core, PQ / HQ / NQ / BQ, oriented core
Geological Services — soil & stream sampling, core logging, mapping, QA/QC
Reverse Circulation — exploration and resource-definition RC
Grade Control — RC grade control defining ore/waste boundaries
Geotechnical Drilling — ground investigation for mine & civil design
Drill & Blast — engineered blast design and execution
Mineral Exploration — target generation to resource definition
Quarry Management — planning, extraction, aggregate supply
Fleet & technology
Boart Longyear LF90D diamond rigs — deep-hole accuracy, high pullback · Hanjin D&B multipurpose rigs — 40 live telematics parameters · Triple-tube coring for broken ground · Starlink-connected sites · CorePlan digital drillhole management.
Selected experience
KoBold Metals — Kanyamata: deep exploration drilling near the Zambia–DRC border; fractured formations and hard rock at 500–700m+; featured in KoBold's contractor spotlight.
KoBold Metals — Mingomba: 788.63m single hole completed in under a month on our first deep-hole programme.
Regional exploration programmes: 5,048 soil and stream-sediment samples delivered ahead of schedule across two ongoing programmes.
Other clients: First Quantum Minerals, Moxico Resources, Xtract Resources, Midnight Sun Mining, ZCCM-IH / Zambia Gold.
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