ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc (“ZCCM-IH” or “the Company”) wishes to inform its Shareholders and the market that the Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development (“MOMMD”) and Mining Mineral Resources SAS (“MMR”) for the collaboration in the development of a gold exploration and mining project in the Kikonge area of Mufumbwe District, North Western Province(“the Project”).