ZIMA to educate and empower illegal miners

THE Zimbabwe Indigenous Miners’ Association (Zima) plans to embark on an outreach campaign to educate and empower illegal miners on how to formalise their operations. In an interview, ZIMA business co-ordinator Mr Nqobizitha Dube said the organisation would embark on a nationwide campaign to educate small scale miners operating illegally, so that they can register their mining claims with the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development.

Illegal miners operating in remote ares will be educated on how they can acquire prospector’s licenses as well as facilitating creating links with investors.  They will also be oriented to realize the importance of operating within the parameters of the law through selling minerals in a formal manner. This is meant to minimize smuggling of the nation`s mineral illegally to neighboring countries. The association wants to create a plartform for all citizens who want to have access to claims to exploit the nations mineral resources.


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