PF issued mining licenses recklessly – ministerBy SIMON MUNTEMBATHE previous government issued mining licenses recklessly but that will not happen under the new dawn, Minister of Mines and Minerals Development Paul Kabuswe told Parliament yesterday.Mr Kabuswe claimed that in as much as the PF government was giving out mining licenses anyhow, locals were sidelined.He said the new dawn government had come to change things, saying that things would now be done orderly.The minister announced that government had issued 1, 254 mining rights countrywide from 2014 to 2019 in national parks.Mr Kabuswe also said there had been litigation arising from the issuance of licences during the same period.He told Parliament yesterday 1, 254 mining and exploration licences had been issued in national parks, game management areas, and national forests.He was responding to Mufumbwe Member of Parliament, Eliot Kamondo, during the questions for oral answer who wanted to know whether Government had issued any prospecting or exploration […]
PF issued mining licenses recklessly – minister
