Zambia: Ban On Mine Licences to Be Lifted

THE Government is set to lift the ban on the issuance of mining licences by the end of this month after finalising arrangements on the introduction of a new and more efficient licensing system.

Mines and Natural Resources Minister Wilbur Simuusa said in an interview that there was good progress made in the cleaning up of the system which was found with several irregularities and which prompted the ban.

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