95% of mining land in Mat’land under EPOs

ABOUT 95% of mining land in Matabeleland is now under exclusive prospective orders (EPOs), making it hard for new players to enter the mining sector, a youth advocacy group has said.

Community Youth Development Trust (CYDT) convened an all-stakeholders meeting in Gwanda last week to deliberate on the issues affecting the mining sector, and it discovered that 95% of the mining land in the region was under EPOs.

“CYDT notes with sadness that while the organisation is clamouring for young people in the mining sector to formalise their activities, this seems like a pipe dream as 95% of mining land in Matabeleland is now under exclusive prospective orders,” the organisation said.

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