Rwanda: Imena Speaks Out on Gatumba Concession, Conflict Minerals

Jul 27, 2014 | Ivan Mugisha, AllAfrica
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Mining companies will soon receive long term licenses, thanks to the new mining law, Evode Imena, the Minister of State in charge of Minerals has said. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The New Times' Ivan Mugisha, on various issues in the mining sector, Imena said it was previously challenging for government to grant long term licenses to investors. Government says it targets large scale investors under the amended mining law published early this month in the Official Gazette, as part of efforts to ensure maximum productivity of the sector. Under the previous law, government was only allowed to grant a license of five or 30 years - nothing in-between-but the duration of five years was too short to small-scale investors. Imena says this has now changed.