Pursuing the Memorandum of Understanding between the National Agency of Natural Resources (AKBN) and the Independent Commission for Mines and Minerals (ICMM), a joint group of representatives from AKBN & ICMM, visited the major investments made by TETE Albania & Mining sh.a. at Spaç mine and factory, such investments are focused on research and survey  of copper and zinc ore.

The group of AKBN representatives consisted of the Director of the Mining Directorate, Director of the Directorate of Strategic Development and Public Hearings and at the same time the Co-ordination Coordinator for Business, Head of Sector at Mining Directorate, the representatives of  ICMM of Kosovo, as well as the Director of Mines at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, were acquainted at site with the investments in projects, technologies, advanced machinery, infrastructure of  the mine and copper enrichment plant of  Spaç. These investments were presented by the Chairman of the Board of TETE Albania & Mining sh.a., Eng. Bertan H. Berkpinar, and the staff of engineers attending him .

TETE Albania & Mining sh.a. is one of the most prestigious investment companies for 20 years in the mining sector, concerning research of copper and zinc in Albania, and such an investment in the mine and factory of Spaç is intended for the production of copper concentrate for export.

The Spaç mine has also a historical specific, as it was a mine built close to the Spaç prison during the communist dictatorship.There the political prisoners of that period were forced to work in the Spaç mine under inhumane conditions.

It was impressive for the group of visitors to see at site how the Spaç mine was transformed to a modernized mine with modern working conditions, as compared to a hard working conditions of mining during the communist dictatorship.