{"id":48609,"date":"2023-12-01T15:06:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/lobong-denies-large-scale-mining-activities-in-eastern-equatoria"},"modified":"2023-12-01T15:35:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:35:45","slug":"lobong-denies-large-scale-mining-activities-in-eastern-equatoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/lobong-denies-large-scale-mining-activities-in-eastern-equatoria","title":{"rendered":"Lobong denies large-scale mining activities in Eastern Equatoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Eastern Equatoria Governor Louis Lobong Lojore on Friday dismissed allegations of large-scale minerals mining in parts of the state.<\/p>\n

Lobong said there are no such mining activities in the state, except for artisanal activities that he said are common in the area.<\/p>\n

He also denied alleged perceptions that the state is richly endowed with a lot of minerals including gold, which his administration is exploiting for development projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many people who think that in Eastern Equatoria, there are a lot of minerals and there\u2019s a lot of gold,\u201d he said during the ongoing 7th governor\u2019s forum in Juba.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople assumed that Eastern Equatoria is using the money from the mineral for development. No, I want to assure you that, up to today we have not mined, we never mined anything, and we have never got any result from the mineral.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lobong, the longest-serving state governor since South Sudan\u2019s independence, further said there are only some companies licensed to execute minerals exploration in the state.<\/p>\n

According to him, there was only one licensed company carrying out small-scale mining at Ngawro, but which was previously shut down twice due to lack of transparency.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are at the presence now is that some companies that been given explorations license by the national government, they are doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes people don\u2019t differentiate between exploration and mining, there\u2019s only one company that has been given the license of scale mining in the place called Ngauro, and that company was more than two times shut down simply because they were no transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Mining licenses \u2013<\/b><\/p>\n

Responding to Lobong\u2019s remarks, First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar said mining is not only taking place in Eastern Equatoria State but in other states as well.<\/p>\n

He disclosed that there are 93 licenses have been issued to exploration companies and 19 small-scale companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s confirmed that we have 74 exploration licenses and 19 small-scale licenses, making a total of 93 mineral titles. Out of this 41 are active licenses, 4 are expired licenses, 38 are pending revocation, additionally there 10 mineral titles that are pending registration,\u201d Machar disclosed.<\/p>\n

However, he said the Minister of Mining had taken drastic measures to eliminate 40 percent of the total licenses without explaining the reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of Mining drastic measure is to eliminate 40% of total licenses from the system, so mining is not only done in Eastern Equatoria, Central Equatoria also has, they also do artisan mining.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWestern Equatoria and Greater Pibor Administrative area, there\u2019s also mining in it, in Upper Nile, there\u2019 mining being done in Maban area. In Raja, which is Western Bahr el Ghazal, there\u2019s mining.\u201d<\/p>\n

South Sudan is one the African countries known for having diverse mineral resources such as copper, gold, diamonds, and limestone among others.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Eastern Equatoria Governor Louis Lobong Lojore on Friday dismissed allegations of large-scale minerals mining in parts of the state. Lobong said there are no such mining activities in the state, except for artisanal activities that he said are common in the area. 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