Balaka is sitting on one of the world's rarest earth minerals and officials from Balaka district council officials see the district turning into a mining city in the near future.
Officials from
They said this on Saturday during a
"Most rare earth mines have some radioactivity going on like does uranium mines but this is one of the most unique mines.
"It also has high quality and high purity minerals such as monazite which will be sold widely across the globe as a premium product.
"When we commenced diamond drilling (drilling using diamond bits) last November the idea was to understand the grade and nature of mineralisation of the rare earth and the results show we have a genuine mining prospect for the next one hundred years and we will have to fast track the actual mining project.
"We are engaging engineers to start actual civil infrastructure construction of the mine," Stephens said.
He said the drilling exercise only has used
Balaka district council Chief Planning Officer
"We have hosted several investors in the mining industry who have not been honest enough and not developed any mining site.
"We are happy
Balaka civil society organisations network chairperson John Bamusi said companies interested in mining should be guided by the 2019 Minerals and Mining Act which stipulates how government and communities benefit from any mining activity.
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