Window for citizens to buy shares in new mines
Friday, August 19, 2016
Batswana will be able to buy up to 26% in new mining ventures
Deputy permanent secretary in the ministry of minerals, energy and water resources, Nchidzi Mmolawa yesterday told a Stanbic Bank Mining and Metals conference that plans to empower Batswana are part of the changes contained in the review of the Minerals Policy.
Some of the changes that headline the minerals policy review include an increase in the percentage that government can buy in new mining ventures from the current 15% to 26%.
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