WHY have illegal miners found it so easy to enter the country and mine gold and other precious minerals?Poor security.This explains why 32 illegal miners have been arrested by police in Mwinilunga for criminal trespass into Kasenseli gold mine.North-Western Province Police Commissioner Elias Chushi says police have also managed to recover some alluvial gold from the illegal miners.Mr. Chushi says the alluvial gold will be handed over to the mine so that it can quantify how much gold was stolen.What is surprising is why illegal miners have the audacity to invade what is now supposed to be a heavily protected area con-sidering that there are precious gold deposits there.This is not the first time that we are writing about poor security particularly in areas where gold deposits have been found.It is shocking that gold mining, like that of other precious minerals in the country has been the preserve of illegal foreign miners from the neighbouring […]
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