Tanzania: Small Miners Lead in Mineral Smuggling

RAMPANT mineral smuggling among the small and medium miners in the country remains a serious challenge that needs concerted efforts by all stakeholders to rescue the government's massive revenue loss.

Surveys carried by some experts' show that small and medium sized gold miners produce around 20 tones annually but the hardly one tone is captured in the government books.

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