By OLIVER SAMBOKOVILLAGERS living around the Canadian-owned Mutanga Uranium Mine in Southern province have challenged the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) to make public its findings on the water contamination investigation it carried out in the area. GoviEx acquired 100 percent of the Mutanga Project from Denison Mines Corp in 2016.Operations at the uranium Mine which include the Mutanga, Dibwe, and Dibwe East deposits are still in infancy.The Mutanga Project comprised of three mining licenses (13880-HQ-LML, 13881-HQ-LML, and 12634-HQ-LML) extending 720 square kilometres.Speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation, the villagers complained that they have continued to experience strange diseases including infertility which they suspect is due to contamination of the ground water in the area. Derick Mbone who spoke on behalf of other villagers, said it was unfair for ZEMA to keep quiet on a very sensitive matter that concerns the lives of so many people.He argued that people have been affected by the presence […]
SIAVONGA VILLAGERS DEMAND WATER POLLUTION PROBE RESULTS
