By Abdul Malik Bangura
Formerly known as Kingho Mining Company but now Leone Rock Metal Group which is the parent company of Kingho Mining Company Limited, 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 its operational areas.
As a way of complementing Government’s efforts with regards to the Free Quality Education Programme, the company whose key thematic area is to bolster education of pupils in the communities that are located in its operational sites decided to support Simiria Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, Northern Province of Sierra Leone, with benches which are enough to cater for over 500 pupils to provide seating accommodation for public examinations.
The gesture was made with the hope of decongesting public exam halls and complementing Government’s effort on fair distribution of free quality education for all and sundry.
Similarly, the company is currently undertaking the rehabilitation of a school in Kamaria Village, Sambaia Chiefdom, Tonkolili District. The school, once completed, is envisioned to provide a safe environment for hundreds of pupils in that community and its nearby localities.
Also, worthy to note is that the company, through its CDAP Project, is also undertaking the construction of a garbage disposal site and to secure a tricycle to collect garbage for disposal as a means of environmental sanitization assistance to Dansogoia Chiefdom and specifically the headquarter town of Bumbuna. This will improve hygiene and reduce the transmission rate of diseases related to decomposed garbage in the township.
On the other hand, Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited which is the other subsidiary company of Leone Rock Metal Group, is engaged in the construction of a Court Barry for the people of Kamasondo Chiefdom. The company is also currently undertaking the rehabilitation and face-lifting of the SLMB Primary School in Borope, Kamasondo Chiefdom, North-Western Province of Sierra Leone.
The Committee for the CDAP and CSR of Leone Rock Metal Group is also exploring ways to make projects more influential to benefit more communities countrywide.
All these community development interventions and many more are ongoing at the time when Leone Rock Metal Group is on the verge of rolling out Phase 2 of its integrated Iron Ore Project which will optimize the ore grade from 57% Fe Average to more than 62% so that the company’s product will be globally competitive. Moreover, the company has a fully integrated chain ranging from modeling and planning, mining, processing, railway transportation, ship loading port, shipment, and marketing.
Note:
Kingho Mining Company Limited and Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited are both subsidiaries of Leone Rock Metal Group. Kingho Mining Company Limited operates the Tonkolili Iron Ore Mines in Sambaia, Dansogoia and Simiria chiefdoms, Tonkolili District, Northern Province of Sierra Leone. On the other hand, Kingho Railway and Port Company operates the 192 Kilometer railway as well as the Pepel Shipping Port in Kamasondo Chiefdom, Northwestern Province of Sierra Leone. The company has a full integrated chain ranging from mining, processing, transshipment, railway transportation, modeling and planning, ship loading and marketing.
