Company expects the total investment, including the construction of the centre and the purchase of the equipment, to cost approximately $800,000.

The miner produced 12.3 million carats in the first nine months of 2020, down 29% from the same period in 2019.

The company also reported a record net loss of 60.2 billion yen ($583 million) for the first half of its financial year.

Company reported production of 603,312 attributable gold equivalent ounces in the third quarter of 2020.

The East African nation plans to increase mineral earnings by at least a third during the next three years.

The shareholders were recognized as “victims of crime” by the court for loss of their interest in the prospective Kalukundi copper and cobalt mine in southern Congo.

The gold miner has named former World Bank executive Anne Kabagambe as independent director.