By SILUMESI MALUMOIF Government wants to achieve recovery of gold on a high scale in Kasenseli and other areas, it needs to allow mechanised mining because the resource is not entirely found on the surface, the Small-Scale Miners Association of Zambia has said.It’s president, Mr Kunda Chani said the majority of small-scale and artisanal miners the practices mostly involved panning to recover the gold from alluvial which cannot work effectively in recovering of the targeted 40, 000 kilogrammes of the resource.Mr Chani said: “The combined exercise across by small-scale and artisanal miners if they are using traditional methods would be a bit challenging to attain the required target which is needed to be achieved annually.”He said in an interview that Government must invite the corporate world so that gold mining licence holders can access financial support and machinery for mining gold.This is the only way the small-scale and artisanal miners would up production because panning […]
Mechanised gold mining way to go – Chani
