This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows a breach at a tailing dam at a Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine near Kitwe. (AP Photo/Richard Kille )
This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows the entrance to the Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine complex near Kitwe. (AP Photo/Richard Kille )
This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows the path of mine waste in a river near a Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine near Kitwe. (AP Photo/Richard Kille )
This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows farmer Juliet Balaya as she surveys the damage to her crop and fishpond caused by a mine waste spill near Kitwe. (AP Photo/Richard Kille )
This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows Sean Cornelius, a retired local resident, reviving his boat on the Kafue River near Kitwe, Zambia. (AP Photo/Richard Kille )
This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows dead fish in the Kafue River near the town of Luanshya, Zambia. (AP Photo/Richard Kille )
This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows the path of mine waste in the Mwambashi River, a tributary of the Kafue River, following a tailing dam breach at a Chinese-owned mine near Kitwe, Zambia. (AP Photo/Richard Kille )
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This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows a breach at a tailing dam at a Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine near Kitwe. (AP Photo/Richard Kille )
