{"id":313318,"date":"2017-04-23T17:17:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T17:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313318"},"modified":"2017-04-23T17:17:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T17:17:43","slug":"move-excavators-from-mining-sites-within-30-days-lands-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/move-excavators-from-mining-sites-within-30-days-lands-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Move excavators from mining sites within 30 days \u2013 Lands Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu has ordered owners of earth moving equipment and excavators operating in mining areas to evacuate their equipment from such areas within 30 days.<\/p>\n
This comes on the back of the expiration of a three weeks directive to small scale illegal miners to halt their operations.<\/p>\n
The Minerals Commission had earlier revealed that about 544 excavators have been seen parked along streets and homes in mining areas in the country following the expiration of the 3-week ultimatum.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Mr. Amewu during a tour of mining areas told the media that the \u201cdecision [for the directive] is to ensure that all the excavators packed in all the communities are cleared.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am very certain in my mind that these illegal miners have packed their machines waiting to return again. That I am certain, but that is what we do not want to entertain at all, so we are giving them additional 30 days to evacuate all their machines from the communities where they have packed them to wherever they brought them from,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n