Africa-Press – Tanzania. MEMBERS of The Parliament have unanimously approved a 224.98bn/- budget for the Ministry of Minerals for the 2025/26 financial year which will enable the docket and its affiliated institutions to carry out their mandated responsibilities.
Prior to the endorsement, Minister Mr Anthony Mavunde informed the lawmakers that the docket was determined to execute strategic projects in the mining sector as well as strengthening service delivery.
He said the ministry would be able to achieve its planned goals, including the collection of non-tax revenues amounting to 1.405tri/- only if the Parliament had approved 224.98bn/- for the 2025/2026 financial year.
Disaggregating the figure, Mr Mavunde stated that 124.6bn/-, approximately 55.38 percent of the total budget will be injected in the development projects to boost creativity, productivity and stimulating growth in the mining sector.
He explained that 100.3bn/- (44.62 percent) is allocated for recurrent expenditures whereas 24.27bn/- is for staff salaries while the remaining 76.11bn/- will be used to cover other operating costs (OC) for the ministry and its institutions.
In his speech, Minister Mavunde unveiled a special programme titled “Mining for a Brighter Tomorrow (MBT)”, which aims to promote the participation of women, youth, and persons with special needs across the entire mining value chain.
According to him, under the “Vision 2030: Minerals for Life and Wealth,” his docket is determined to transform the mining sector into a driver of improved livelihoods for Tanzanians.
He mentioned some of activities that will be conducted in the next financial years as in-depth geoscientific research using modern technologies such as airborne geophysical surveys, expanding the national geological database, and integrating mining with other sectors such as water, land, health, agriculture, and the economy.
Minister Mavunde said the Government, through the Geological Survey of Tanzania (GST), will increase geophysical aerial surveys to cover 34 percent of the country’s area by 2026.
He said a state-of-the-art geoscientific laboratory will be constructed in Dodoma to facilitate the analysis of critical minerals like lithium, nickel, and cobalt.
Mr Mavunde who also serves as Dodoma Urban Member of Parliament informed the House that the Ministry of Minerals plans to acquire helicopter powered by equipment with modern scientific instruments to enhance research efficiency, alongside other advanced equipment to speed up data collection.
Minister emphasized the government’s ongoing efforts to improve the operating environment for small-scale miners by linking them with financial institutions and banks for access to loans and capital.
He said government will also equip the small scale miners them with modern mining and processing technology, education, and designated mining areas to increase productivity.
The Ministry of Minerals will also continue implementing its strategy to build a digital system to efficiently and transparently manage the mining sector, maximizing national and economic benefits.
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