Canaan M. C.
Chief Executive Officer
Canaan brings extensive experience running organisations and holds deep, hands-on understanding of the mining industries across the region.
Our Purpose
Extraction should build more than it takes.
GilBay was founded on a straightforward conviction: that mining, done with care, is nation-building work. From our first shafts in the Copperbelt to today's precision operations, we've held that line for fifty years.
We employ locally, train continuously, and reinvest a tenth of every profit dollar into schools, clinics, and civic infrastructure across our host communities in Zambia and the wider Southern and Central African region.
Fifty years, five inflection points.
- 1974
Founded in Chingola
GilBay begins operations in the heart of the Zambian Copperbelt.
- 1989
Emerald diversification
Expansion into gemstone extraction across the Kafubu belt.
- 2004
GilBay Foundation
Formalising the 10% profit mandate for education and healthcare.
- 2019
Precision extraction
Full rollout of seismic modelling and automated hauling fleets.
- 2026
Continental expansion
Headquarters consolidated in Lusaka; operations spanning Solwezi, DR Congo, Johannesburg, Namibia, Angola, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
Executive Team
Leadership with depth in the field and on the books.
Our leadership is stacked with exceptional people who bring deep expertise across mining operations, finance, and enterprise growth.
Pamela K. C.
Chief Financial Officer
Economics and budget analysis. Turning numbers into meaningful, comprehensible information is Pamela's forte.
John C.
Chief Operating Officer
Double degree in Business and Economics. John has immense experience leading companies to sustained, high profitability.
"We measure our success by what remains after the trucks leave."
— GilBay Operating Principle
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