2023 IS THE TIME TO TAKE OFF IN THE MINING SECTOR DECLARES KABUSWE.
Mines and Minerals Development Minister Hon Paul Kabuswe has disclosed that his ministry has been reorganising itself to set the base run way owing to so many challenges that where found it was not possible to take off with the new dawn administration.
He said Mining in Zambia was so mild with so much irregularities that his team has been fixing such as reorganising artisanal mining to ensure that apart from Copper and Gold all other minerals are considered such as Lithium, Manganese and many more.
He said President Hakainde Hichilema’s agenda especially the opening of battery manufacturing in Ndola where Zambia and DRC signed an MOU it was not to sale the country’s mineral rights as others are misquoting it but value addition and job creations.
He said his team has re-organised from the run way setting of the base that its not possible to just get into government and start doing things without understanding what is supposed to be done. Every plane before taking does some checks and races in the run away hence 2023 is a year to unlock regedities to unlock KCM, MOPANI, KANSENSELI GOLD MINES, and many more that Zambians must each the space and see how Zambia will fly in the mining sector.
He said the ministry has set up a plan to map the country and exploration. He said the ministry of mines will map the country and do the exploration by flying everywhere so that the country can mineralization and tokenize.
He said the government will not go into an agreement from a position of weakness but from a position of strength so that there is a win-win situation because minerals are in Zambia and thats the strength number 1.
He said the re-organizations also involved suspension of licensing so that things are done properly as well as the setting up the mines commission that all Zambians must have properly given licenses even though it will not completely kill ilegal mining but will be reduced.
He said the issue of KCM and Mopani was mismanaged due to the bad culture and conduct the previous administration handled the issue. Hon Kabuswe said that investors takes advantage of any situation they find you in for their own benefit they don’t care about you.
He added that Zambians are welcome to own mines from either green field or starting afresh of a mine or brown field where they can merge with existing mines. He said realigning something the process maybe bumpy but the ministry and the new dawn administration is economic transformation and the road will be bumpy but surely the destination is certain and that is to improve lives and so on.