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Leone Rock Metal Group, the parent company of Kingho Mining Company Limited which is operating the New Tonkolili Iron Ore Mines and Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited operating the 192-kilometre railway and the Pepel Port, has through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Community Development Action Plan (CDAP) revamped its community activities to cater for various projects across it operational areas
Magburaka Town is the second largest town in the northern province of the Republic of Sierra Leone. The town is also the headquarter town of Tonkolili District, which is a district hosting the iron ore deposit currently being mined by Kingho Mining Company Limited.
In what has been a move that is geared towards revamping the economy of Sierra Leone, Kingho Mining Company Limited can confirm that its mines in Tonkolili and the railway and port of its co-subsidiary in Pepel Town has started full operation on Saturday 6th March 2021.
This landmark move by the company comes since acquiring large scale mining license in 2020 to operate the New Tonkolili Iron Ore Mines and took over of the site from Government of Sierra Leone on 23rd September 2020. It also comes just about two months since the signing of the 192 kilometer railway and port lease agreement by Kingho Railway and Port Company and the GoSL that will ensure the company utilize the infrastructure for their iron ore transportation out of the country.
Already, as a way of reawakening the awareness of the people in the rail corridor communities, the company is putting safety modalities in place to ensure that residents along the railway are protected while its train operations are ongoing.
According to management, it is believed that motor bike /vehicle pass along the rail must use the legal level crossings, before one passes the level crossing stop, listen and look for trains. Pedestrians, they say, must maintain a 3 meter distance away from the railway on both sides. Communities along the railway, it was sensitised, should look after their school children, educate them not to put anything on the rail or climb up the wagons, etc, whilst communities should look after their domestic animals like goats and cattle etc.
Reaffirming its commitment to safety in the communities, Kingho companies have also over the past weeks engaged communities along the railway and recruited over 200 level crossing flagmen directly from the villages close to railway.
The first set of locomotive departs from Pepel Town today at 6:00 am for the mining site in Tonkolili, where also full scale iron ore mining has also started.
For more enquiries contact:
Abdul Malik Bangura,
Public Relations Officer,
Kingho Investment Company
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