By Silumesi MalumoTHE economy is bleeding while Zambians watch foreigners loot the available resources, such as gold to enrich their own countries, Citizens Democratic Party (CDP) president Robert Mwanza.Mr Mwanza said it was sad that a country that was abundantly blessed with resources could enter into continued economic melt- down when foreign states were using its resources to recover.“We are watching for- eigners get our resources, our gold and other min- erals which they are using to recover their own econ- omies while we continue suffering,” he said in an interview.Mr Mwanza said calls to create a marshall plan for gold mining and how it could meaningfully benefit locals should be taken seri- ously.And government says it is dismayed with exploita- tion of small-scale miners by foreigners who are buy- ing gold at as low as K250 per gram when the com- modity can fetch as much as K1, 000 per gram.Mines and Mineral De- […]
ZAMBIA ‘BLEEDS’ GOLD
