Four hundred mining blocks to be released shortly –ministry

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment says that 400 mining blocks for miners will be released shortly and it also offers tax concessions in new proposals for small miners.

In the document, ‘Small Scale Miners (inclusive of Region 10 residents) Assistance Proposal’, the ministry says that a renewed interest in the gold mining sector as a result of high prices for the mineral has resulted in the available lands being taken up and placed