By SILUMESI MALUMOWE shall not issue multiple mining rights for Kasenseli gold area in Mwinilunga district as the area will only managed by the ZCCM-IH, Mines Minister Richard Musukwa has said.Mr Musukwa said that gold had been identified as a strategic reserve and it should be mined in a well-structured and transparent way.He said in an interview yesterday that Government would not risk by issuing a number of licences because the country would not benefit from the mineral.Last week, over 100 youths of Kasenseli area in Chief Chibwika’s area petitioned Government to consider empowering them with mining rights at the newly discovered gold mine.The youths, who gathered at the District Commissioner’s office, requested Government to allow them undertake mining activities in one of the three pits known as veins at the site.And in receiving the petition, Mwinilunga District Commissioner (DC) Arnot Mapulanga praised youths for expressing their discontent over the gold mining activities at Kasenseli.Mr […]
It’s final: only ZCCM-IH will manage Kansenseli
