Tag Archives: Mining Act

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 2022 Mining Act for the first time recognized artisan miners as key players in the mining sector in Uganda. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) range from informal individual miners earning a subsistence livelihood to more formal and regulated small-scale entities producing minerals commercially. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in Parliament has raised a red flag on the proposed amendment of the Mining Act (2003), to give the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development sweeping powers over the country’s natural resources. While meeting artisan miners at Nakyooga in Kabale district’s Kamuganguzi sub …