[1] Lumwana is approximately 660 kilometres (410 mi) by road northwest of Lusaka, the capital and largest city of Zambia.

Over the next 10 years, working with its Zambian subsidiary, Lumwana Mining Company Limited, Equinox carried out feasibility studies, sourced financing and constructed the present infrastructure.

One of the airstrips, located in the northern part of Chief Mukumbi’s area has been historically used by the Flying Doctor Service.

[9] Plans to build a rail line from Chingola, through Lumwana, to join the Angolan Benguela Railway east of Luacano, have reached an advanced stage.

In September 2013, the Government of the Republic of Zambia expressed its intentions to advertise the North-West Railway (NWR) project to both local and foreign investors who would be interested to develop the infrastructure.