Tailings Storage Facility
Zambia /
North-Western /
Mwinilunga /
World
/ Zambia
/ North-Western
/ Mwinilunga
dam, tailings

This is the tailings storage facility for the Trident Project and has a capacity of 1,000 million tonnes and will receive tailings from both the Sentinel copper and Enterprise Nickel processing circuits via pipeline. The dam has a unique circular design with a diameter of 5.5 km and is designed to be 40m high. The initial portion of the dam constructed will provide a period of 15 months of storage capactiy, then over time it will be expanded to its full size and raised using tailings.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 12°11'14"S 25°18'40"E
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- Trident Project 5.6 km
- Waste Dump 6 km
- Sentinal Copper Mine 8 km
- Waste Dump 11 km
- West Lunga National Park 91 km
- Chizela 110 km
- Zambezi Source Forest Reserve 145 km
- Nchila Lodge 149 km
- Borderline Angola/Zambia 166 km
- Parque Nacional da Cameia 397 km