Mining Licence approval3 Oct 2024 17:58
Rest assured it doesn't matter what anyone says on here, the Mining Licence will be awarded when it's awarded.
However we're all entitled to an opinion. Now I base mine on two things. Firstly you had the President of Tanzania saying she wanted mining companies who had commercial plans for production to have their Mining Licences fast tracked. I've stated before this is important and here's why. All Minerals (as Helium is found within Uranium and thorium minerals as a product of radioactive decay I'm sure it's included), in Tanzania are actually owned by the President and held in trust for the citizens, so when she issues a statement it's acted upon. The TIC have said the same and have consolidated all approval processes under one banner to speed things up. I also noted this article from a couple of months ago:
Speaking with editors in Dar es Salaam on Monday, in run up to the Second CEO Forum scheduled for Arusha next month, the Treasury Registrar (TR), Mr Nehemiah Mchechu said his office has already initiated talks and negotiations with several mining companies operating in the country, for review of benefit-sharing partnership.
“We have been fast tracking completion of mineral contracts review. Under the current law, in the mining sector, the government must have at least 16 per cent stake in the mining companies operating large reserves of mineral activities. “We have already reached a review agreement with at least 10 mining companies and the exercise is ongoing…we expect to reach out to over 200 mining companies under this procedure.
“In fact, we have realised that we need a special unit or department within the TR office to deal with the mining sector.
Now typically a licence will take 90 days, due to the ESIA. This normally takes 60 days for the Environmental agency to approve and a further 30 days for the Minister to approve. BUT everyone wants these licenses to be approved quickly. Delays in production revenue cost the country tens of millions of dollars, something they cannot afford.
How long for our licence? Nobody knows but I very much doubt it'll be 3 months.