Mining Commission Calls Investors With Undeveloped Licences To Foot Debts -

By Valentine Oforo

THE Tanzania mining commission has appealed to all investors with undeveloped mining licenses and those with mineral arrears to develop their potential areas as well as pay for their outstanding debts they owe, starting from this month.

The Executive Secretary of the Commission Eng. Yahya Ismail Samamba told this publication during an interview that the development was thwarting the smooth metamorphosis of the country’s key economic sector.

Not only that, but he communicated that the defaulters were denying the government patriotic opportunity to gain needed revenue collection from the prestigious facet.

“We’re appreciating the good contributions by all investors in helping develop the country’s mining sector that’s why we’re reminding them to fulfill their statutory obligations in order to have the sector run successfully,” he expressed.

In order to facilitate the payment of the debts in question, Eng Samamba kindly urged the license holders to go to the resident mines offices in all regions across the country in order to agree on the best way to pay the debts in installments.

He insisted that the Commission will take legal action against all owners who will fail to comply with the given instructions, added: “We would like to remind them that the period of three months to pay voluntarily has expired on September 30, 2023 and thus, we have patriotically decided to offer them a special grace period to service their debts,”

The Commissioner of the Mining Commission, Janet Lekashingo, for her side said that the government through the Mining Commission was continuing to provide education in various regions of the country regarding the participation of Tanzanians in the mining sector in order to ensure more citizens participate in service delivery in the country’s mines.