Government's 300m Coastline Takeover11 Jun 2026 08:59
The Mines Minister was on the news stating that private companies will no longer be given exploration rights, claiming companies are just hyping the stock market. https://youtu.be/5zUXjOfQgtw?si=8YFBPweCWgxMX_Sc
His comments roughly translated: "2 or 3 foreign companies have licenses for 300m inland of all the best coastal mineral areas of Sri Lanka. We are changing the mineral policy and will not give any beach mineral resource exploration to the private sector. That will only be handled by the Mines Bureau in the future..."
Obviously, Capital Metals is already past the initial exploration phase, but this pivot to a "state-private-public" economy sounds like moving the goal posts.
Would love to hear from anyone who understands SL politics better than I do.
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