Cabinet Directs Justice and Mining Ministers To Amend Mining Act The Council of Ministers in its regular meeting on Friday chaired by President Salva Kiir directed the Minister of Justice and Mining to amend the Mining Act. 02 July 2016 [image: Cabinet Directs Justice and Mining Ministers To Amend Mining Act] Michael Makuei Lueth [File photo]
By Jok P Mayom * JUBA, 02 July 2016 [Gurtong]-*Speaking to the reporters after the meeting, Michael Makuei Lueth, the government spokesperson said after the meeting that the directives comes after the approval of the presentation of the minister of mining to make amendments in the Act. Makuei said the Minister presented the first tracking and exploitation of mining in the Republic of South Sudan. “In that presentation, the minister requested the amendment of the mining Act because he believes that the way it is drafted now, giving a very big chunk of land to the explorers so that they can do exploration in that big area is an obstacle to the progress and to mining itself” said Makuei. He said, “It is worth mentioning that the Act provided for an area of 2,500Sq km per company. This area of course is very vast and for an exploration company to have privilege over such a big chunk of land does not allow progress and exploration in time.” Makuei said the Minister of mining recommended the reduction of the area and addition of other terms in the mining sector so that people can start the process in a better way. “Based on that and after lengthy deliberation on the topic, the cabinet resolved that yes this is a very good presentation and that the amendment is approved” Makuei said. “It is even part of the agreement. In the agreement, the Mining Act is one of the Act that is supposed to be amended by the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU)” he said. “So the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Mining have been directed to work together for the amendment of the mining Act so that the process can start in time and so that we can also in due course generate revenues in this field of mining” he noted. Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> - See more at: http://gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ID/19581/Default.aspx#sthash.Y5LdPiSd.dpuf -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14or1jzk3KwksA6wDbVG2eibYdX1kt6FypDf%3D6RR18cTDQQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
