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Zama-zamas receive mining permits today

Today Thousands of illegal diamond diggers will  be granted a mining permit by the department of mineral resources as part of a plan to formalise the trade which is draining the industry, according to Deputy Mining Minister Godfrey Oliphant.

After years of illegally extracting diamond fragments from a mining site owned by the Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture, the Kimberley Artisanal Mineworkers will finally be recognised as a legal mining cooperative.

“This is a major milestone for both the mining group and the miners who for a long time have been seen as illegal miners,” said Oliphant.

“This came after lengthy consultations between all the parties, including the provincial government of the Northern Cape,” Oliphant told Fin24.

Oliphant estimates that illegal mining in the gold sector alone costs companies over R70-billion a year.

Ekapa Mining has made available about 400 hectares of land to the group, where they have dug deep furrows and holes in search for diamonds, using makeshift tools.

 

https://mg.co.za/article/2018-06-07-thousands-of-zama-zamas-receive-mining-permits

 

 

Regards,

Andy D’Arcy Mossop

Marketing Manager/Design Engineer

0828554903

www.insumbi.com

 

 

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