By NATION REPORTERTHE United Party for National Development (UPND) government is transforming the small scale and artisanal mining sector from the demeaning title of Jerabos (illegal miners) to an environment where they will be able to obtain mining licences and engage in legal mining activities, President Hakainde Hichilema has said. President Hichilema has said for a long time, small scale miners had been demeaned as illegal miners but government was turning the tide around and empowering the small scale miners most of whom were youths so that they could engage in formal mining.At a meeting with Ali Rashed Alrashdi, the International Holding Company (IHC) Board Chairman, President Hichilema said the UPND government was assisting the small scale miners with start-up capital and equipment as well as provide ready market for their closer to their areas of operations. “We are transforming our small or artisanal mining sector from the demeaning situation the where they were being labelled illegal […]
They are small-scale miners, not Jerabos – HH
