Tanzania to issue mining licences through cabinet approval

A miner inside the Bulyanhulu gold mine in northern Tanzania. The country will issue mining licences through cabinet approval. PHOTO | FILE

Tanzania will issue large-scale mining licences only after cabinet approval, a senior official said on Friday, part of new measures aimed at further tightening control of the industry.

The country previously issued licences for large-scale projects through its mining ministry, but then delegated powers to a newly-appointed mining commission under new regulations passed in January.