IT is quite mind boggling that at a time when the nation should be told how proper mining is being carried out in the newly discovered gold mining areas, we still read of illegal miners being arrested.Over the past year, we have read of foreigners from Angola but even as far away as Tanzania invading gold fields in Mwinilunga, even supplanting locals in digging up the gold.A question we asked as a newspaper since February is how is it that a few months after the reported discovery of gold findings in some parts of the country, foreigners are still the ones dominating the exploitation of the precious mineral – though illegally.We would have thought that Government by now would have ensured that illegal immigrants reported to have invaded these gold fields are flushed out and the sites secured.From what we know, Government even sent in security personnel to ensure that the gold fields were properly […]
Illegal gold mining
