CANADIAN mining firm, First Quantum, has offered to buy the remaining Zambian copper mine assets of the cash-strapped Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM).First Quantum chairman, Philip Pascall said in a statement released to Nkana and Mufulira divisions but the deal is subject to further negotiations with the Zambian government. The company has formed a consortium with Glencore International AG to acquire the mines. He did not incidicate the amount offered. Last week Anglo American Corporation finalised a deal with the Zambia to buy off the core mining assets of the country’s undeveloped Konkola Deep Mining Project, Nchanga and Nampundwe mines.