By SILUMESI MALUMO and KETRA KALUNGAGOVERNMENT has resolved to terminate about 1, 488 mining licences for failure to respond to default notices and for failure to pay area charges.Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development Permanent Secretary Barnaby Mulenga said this follows the default notices which were issued on January 9, 2020 and after appeals were reviewed.Mr Mulenga said a Technical Committee under the Ministry of Mines was constituted to review the appeals by the holders of the mining rights cited under the stated notice.Mr Mulenga in an interview yesterday said out of 1, 488 licences to be terminated included 223 small-scale exploration licences, 243 large-scale exploration licences, 93 artisanal mining rights.Others are 167 small-scale mining rights, 11 large-scale mining licences, 700 large-scale exploration licences, 39 small-scale mining licences and 15 large-scale mining licences.“The default notice with regards the exploration licences highlighted the following breaches:Failure to expend on exploration operations for each year, not less than the minimum annual exploration expenditure set out in the Second Schedule of the […]
1, 400 MINING LICENCES REVOKED
