WITH THE AID OF ZAMBIAN LAWS AND CASE LAWS,ADVICE THE MINISTER ON THE APPEAL OF KANGALUWI COPPER MINING PROJECT. The Minister further denied assertions by the Zambezi Resources Chief Executive Officer that senior minister in the Zambian government are surprised by the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) decision to reject the construction of the US$494 million Kangaluwi copper mining project in the Lower Zambezi National Park. Zambbezi Resources has appealed to the Minister of Environment against the ZEMA decision. Confirming receipt of lodgement of appeal, the Minister stated that: "I have received the appeal....and we shall make a final decision over the matter within this month...I want to assure the nation that the decision to be taken will be in the interest of the country...people should take a keen interest in these matters especially that most of Zambia's oil and gas reserves are found in game management areas...so how do we handle these issues? Anyway, the decision that we shall come up with will be a landmark one since we have to weigh the advantages of having an economic project against environmental protection, human and wildlife.." The Minister also questioned the motive of Ministry of Mines in sanctioning exploration activities at the Kangaluwi Project. He asked, "in the first place, why