Namib Minerals (NASDAQ: NAMM), a gold producer with diversified mining and exploration operations across Southern and Central Africa, has reaffirmed and expanded its collaboration with WSP, a global professional services firm, to advance feasibility studies for the company’s Redwing and Mazowe Gold assets in Zimbabwe.
The renewed engagement with WSP reflects Namib Minerals’ strategic intent to accelerate its expansion programme and strengthen its operational footprint within the region. WSP’s extensive experience and established understanding of Namib Minerals’ portfolio are expected to provide critical insights into optimising project design and long-term value generation.
According to the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Ibrahima Sory Tall, the partnership builds upon a longstanding relationship with WSP. “This engagement builds on our strong relationship with WSP and reflects our commitment to unlocking the full potential of our mines. Their expertise and familiarity with our assets will help us accelerate our development plans and deliver long-term value to our stakeholders,” Tall noted in a statement released in New York on Thursday.
The feasibility studies are expected to serve as a pivotal step in the company’s broader plan to restore and expand production capacity across its Zimbabwean operations. The Redwing Mine, historically one of Zimbabwe’s key gold producers located near Penhalonga, and the Mazowe Mine, situated north of Harare, have both been earmarked for redevelopment under Namib Minerals’ post-acquisition strategy.
Namib Minerals, which also operates the How Mine, an established underground gold operation near Bulawayo, aims to position itself as a sustainable African mining company focused not only on gold production but also on advancing its interests in critical minerals. The company has additional exploration interests in the Democratic Republic of Congo, underscoring its regional approach to resource development across the continent.
This latest phase of collaboration aligns with Africa’s growing efforts to assert agency in defining its resource future. Namib Minerals’ decision to expand feasibility work locally, while leveraging international technical partnerships, reflects a more integrated and Africa-driven model of development—one that situates mining not as extractive in the conventional sense, but as a potential catalyst for broader socio-economic transformation within host communities.
By engaging a globally recognised partner such as WSP, Namib Minerals underscores its focus on responsible growth, regulatory compliance, and the technical precision necessary to sustain the next generation of mining projects in Southern Africa. The feasibility outcomes will ultimately inform operational scaling, resource optimisation, and environmental stewardship practices designed to align with both national and continental development agendas.
As Africa’s mining landscape continues to evolve, partnerships of this nature demonstrate the continent’s growing confidence in its capacity to lead high-standard, value-driven mineral development. Namib Minerals’ initiative exemplifies how African enterprises can collaborate globally while maintaining distinctly African priorities — ensuring that growth, equity, and sustainability remain central to the industry’s trajectory.
