Trotman orders more land for small miners

Some of the attendees at yesterday’s Small Miners Meeting at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Liliendaal.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday announced that he had instructed that additional lands be released to small miners.

However, it wasn’t without stressing their duty of compliance with the laws and policies governing mining, while at the same time implementing best practices for themselves, workers and the environment.

“I am instructing the GGMC’s Board and Closed Area Committee to urgently release lands with known occurrences of minerals and accessibility