Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:55:09 +0000 Allow Zambians to mine gold-FSMAZ By MAILESI BANDA THE government should legalize the mining of gold by small scale miners by issuing them with mining licenses, Federation of Small Scale Mining Association of Zambia (FSMAZ), general secretary Jordan Mbulo has said. Mr. Mbulo challenged government to issue small-scale miners with licenses for gold in Vubwi, Luano and Sandwe areas and stop calling them illegal miners as they owned the land. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation, Mr Mbulo said the ministry of mines had been to the areas where gold was being mined and wondered why they kept delaying in the issuance of licences. “Government should send licensing officers to the areas where gold is being mined and issue the villagers with licenses. As an association we have taken people from the ministry to these areas and they have confirmed that the gold is there and all […]
