Macau， 09 Dec – Geocapital， the company headed by Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho， and two Mozambican companies signed an agreement Friday in Macau to set up a joint venture called Zambcorp， to develop the Zambeze Valley.澳门12月9日电－澳门博彩业大亨何鸿燊的Geocapital公司与两个莫桑比克公司周五在此间签署协议成立一个合资企业，共同发展赞比西河谷。
The agreement， signed by Geocapital， Mozambique‘s Sogir – Sociedade de Gest？o Integrada de Recursos， and Mozacapital， a financial institution which aims to set up the first investment bank in Mozambique in 2006， was signed in Macau in the presence of the head of the Macau government Edmund Ho.协议由Geocapital、莫桑比克的Sogir及Mozacapital在澳门签署，澳门特首何厚铧出席了签字仪式。Mozacapital是一个金融机构，准备于2006年在莫建立第一家投资银行。
With the creation of Zambcorp， the new company will be responsible for the， “prospecting， detection and establishment of economic opportunities related to natural resources in the geographic area of the Zambeze river， which includes the Cahora Basas dam，” the statement explaining the agreement reads.新成立的Zambcorp将负责“探矿，发现和创造赞比西河地区（包括Cahora Bassa大坝）自然资源的相关机遇”（源自解释协议的声明）。
According to the same statement the joint venture follows a memorandum of understanding signed in September by Geocapital and the Office of the Zambeze Development Plan which outlined， “joint action in economic opportunities using natural resources in the area of hydroelectricity and thermal energy， coal， gas， agro-industry， rail transport， ports， iron and non-iron minerals， real estate and tourism.”
根据该声明，合资公司将依照Geocapital与赞比西地区发展计划办公室（赞发办） 9月份签署的谅解备忘录“可通过使用该地区自然资源，如水电、热能、煤炭、天然气、农工业、铁路交通、港口、铁矿和非铁矿、房地产和旅游”开展“有关的经济机遇方面的联合行动。”
The agreement was signed by Stanley Ho， Ambrose So and Jorge Ferro Ribeiro， representing Geocapital， and by Sérgio Vieira， from the Office of the Zambeze Development Plan， representing the two Mozambican companies.该协议由代表Geocapital公司的何鸿燊、Ambrose So和Jorge Ferro Ribeiro，与代表两个莫公司，来自赞发办的塞尔吉奥？维埃拉签署。
The Zambeze valley， which is 225，000 kilometers squared， has the most significant water reserves in the southern region of Africa， has the largest hydroelectric potential on the subcontinent and has conditions to deal with the national requirements for production of cereals， textile fibers， vegetable protein， oils， sustainable forests， meat， fish and mineral products， according to the region‘s development office.赞比西河谷面积为22.5万平方公里，是非洲南部水资源储备最丰富的地区，水电潜力也最大。据赞发办称，该地区有便利条件生产谷类、纺织纤维、蔬菜蛋白质、石油、持续性森林、肉类、鱼类、及矿物。
The Zambeze valley also includes 5.5 million hectares of land that could be used for irrigated agriculture， cattle farming， silviculture， ecotourism and other activities.赞比西河谷有550万公顷土地可用于农业、畜牧、造林、生态旅游及其它活动。