AfricaPress-Tanzania: FOUR months after the visit by the Minerals minister Doto Biteko at Mwime Gold market in Kahama municipality, gold sales have greatly increased.
Gold sales at the market increased from 6.3 kgs per month last December to 26 kgs now.
This was revealed early this week by Kahama Resident Minining officer Ernest Maganga when addressing reporters in his office on government efforts to increase income through the gold markets established and challenges they face.
Maganga said the situation was attained after his office educated miners, adding that the current average is one kilo of gold is sold per day at Mwime Gold Market in Kahama Municipality.
He said in addition his office has begun efforts to ensure all mining pits in the area receive registration.
He said all gold processing centres were being registered free of charge
And the Minerals ministry has provided all services to gold production areas including Segese and other places.
Maganga added that in order to ensure gold market increase, they decided to establish markets at Segese and Mwabomba in Ushetu and Msalala districts an d stressed on miners to protect themselves against disasters at the mining sites.
He also cautioned over employing children in the mining business as it was against the country’s laws.
In regard to gold smuggling he said education was being provided to all miners against the crime and called on them to use the established gold mines that are scattered around the area.
