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Govt Accuses Miners Of Hiding Mineral Discoveries, Fleecing The Economy Of Billions Of Dollars

2 years agoFri, 23 Dec 2022 05:55:13 GMT
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Govt Accuses Miners Of Hiding Mineral Discoveries, Fleecing The Economy Of Billions Of Dollars

The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has accused miners of hiding mineral discoveries and fleecing the economy of billions of dollars.

The government has now introduced stringent measures and frequent inspections including a ban on the issuance of mining titles until further notice for diamonds, copper, lithium, nickel and rare earth minerals citing an unusual increase in applications for claims.

The ministry had found that some miners have not been declaring the discovery of different minerals at their mines, NewsDay reported citing an internal circular penned by Mines ministry secretary Pfungwa Kunaka and addressed to 10 directors in government departments.

The circular was also copied to Mines minister Winston Chitando. Reads the circular dated December 19, 2022:

This non-declaration has led to prejudice to the growth of the mining sector economy as in some instances high value minerals are involved.

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Accordingly, you are hereby directed to ensure that on applications for inspection certificates, the applicants submit a declaration of the amount of work carried out as well as a declaration of minerals contained in the ore body being mined. This should be backed by an assay certificate issued by an approved laboratory.

Further, we have of late seen a flooding of applications for mining titles for minerals which have been deemed strategic in the upcoming Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill. It has thus become necessary that in the national interest, we temporarily stop acceptance and processing of applications for mining titles for the following minerals until further notice: diamonds, copper, lithium, nickel (and) rare earth minerals.

Kunaka said frequent inspections would be done, while officials would be required to submit monthly reports effective from December 19, 2022.

Mines deputy minister Polite Kambura said the decision on diamonds, nickel, copper, lithium and rare earth minerals was in line with the government’s long-term strategy to have State control in the exploitation of the minerals.

On Tuesday, the government announced through Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022, cited as the Base Minerals Export Control (Unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores) Order, 2022, that the export of raw lithium has been banned.

The move is meant to encourage the exportation of beneficiated products.

Zimbabwe is estimated to hold Africa’s largest lithium reserves and is the fifth largest in the world.

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5 Comments

· 2 years ago
Refuse licenses so they all become illegal miners smuggling their minerals out. Brilliant idea 💡 😂 😂 😂 😂
👏👏👏 · 2 years ago
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Rushwaya · 2 years ago
Must answer that question of where all the discoveries of minerals are going.
Madziro Committee · 2 years ago
nhaiimi Muturi Ncube anogara payi
Ali Tinasheba albamohamed · 2 years ago
Why ini ndoda kuziva munhu akashaisa 15 bhirioni yenyika iya kkk first Kwete kushungurudza vanhu varikutsvaka kurarama avo
Anonymous · 2 years ago
Well said @Machiavelli Indeed the blame game continues and nobody knows where this will end God forbid!
Anonymous · 2 years ago
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Nyoklet · 2 years ago
15 bhidha yakarohwa netimhu riripo iri...
Machiavelli · 2 years ago
The blame game continues. Previously economic ills have been blamed variously on opposition parties, sanctions, business community, NGOs, colonialists and everybody else. Lately Robert Mugabe has been added to the group of saboteurs. Now it is the turn of miners. The million dollar question is who is next in line to be blamed for this country's woes? This clueless government never ceases to amaze me. Have they ever heard of a concept called self introspection? In business it is the basic tool in Strategic Management. My advice, for what it may be worth, would be to ask the government to invest in a fairly large mirror. All government functionaries (Presidium, Cabinet, Senior Civil Servants) and ZANU, should stand in front of the said mirror. In there is the collective that is responsible for ALL the problems bedevilling this country.
Worzell Gummidge · 2 years ago
Who is the Godfather of Al Shabaab in Zimbabwe? Who is the Patron Saint of Mashurugwi, Magombiro & Makorokoza in the minerals rich Midlands Province? Which Political Party grabbed all the farms with minerals in Zimbabwe? What happened to Diamonds in Chiadzwa when Obedient Mpofu, (Mugabe's most obese son), was the Minister of Mines? Squint-eyed, snake-eating, dragon-worshiping citizens of a certain country in the Far East are buying illegally mined raw Lithium for U$20 per wheelbarrow & stolen copper cables. Has any of the crooked Orients been prosecuted? The Zimbahwe Miners - Smugglers Federation is presided over by someone's cousin (cum girlfriend) called Henry-yetta. (Ko, handiti muzukuru mudonzvo wepwa). Is she not a beneficiary of the Catch & Release policy of the Second-hand Republic? Answer the above questions and you will understand why Zimbabwe is so poor in the midst of plenty. And we the people of Zimbabwe are to blame for our poverty. That's why Sizzle Kalonji sang; "So foolish is di maan in fruitful Zion yet him hungry. Babylon dem have their share & still want our half". The song is called 'Positively Clear', on the Satta-Masagan Riddim.

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