By SILUMESI MALUMOGOLD should be mined by local people and not the $2.5 million foreign company that will make them perpetual employees, North-West chiefs have demanded.They have promised not to cooperate with any company, including ZCCM-Gold if locals are not given their own area to mine.Villagers in Chief Chibwika’s chiefdom have rejected attempts to sideline them in gold mining in the area, demanding to have their own area of operation.This came to the fore when ZCCM-GOLD, held an engagement and sensitisation session aimed at educating host communities on how they intend to involve them in the process of harnessing the gold resource at Kasenseli Gold Mine.A representative of the chief, who is also Chief Chibwika’s prime minister, Paul Kamusaki warned ZCCM-Gold that the chiefdom will not support any mining activity that leaves out locals.He warned that, “The desire for residents of Chibwika chiefdom is to have their own area where they can directly engage in […]
$2.5m Gold mine rejected
