By ROGERS KALERO THE Lufwanyama District Council has officially written to the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development requesting for information to trace owners of about 271 mining licences in the district which are alleged to have been dormant for a long time. Council Director Finance, Bwalya Machuta said the local authority had a total of 277 mining companies showing on its valuation roll, but only six were visible and remitting all their payment obligations to the local authority. Mr Machuta said during a stakeholder’s engagement meeting held with mining companies operating in the district organised by Caritas Zambia, that the local authority had been making frantic efforts to get hold of the owners of the said mines, but that all their efforts had proved futile. He said the council had since decided to officially write to the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development requesting that it assists with details of the licence holders as […]
Lufwanyama council writes to Govt over dormant mines
