Recently, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. John Pombe Magufuli constituted two high level committees of experts tasked with investigating potential under declaration of mineral content in the exportation of unprocessed mineral concentrates and ores largely from Bulyanhulu and Buzwagi mines both owned by Acacia Mining Plc and to provide recommendations on how to handle the subsector. Further, the committees were tasked to examine the fiscal aspects of the mining regime. The findings presented thereafter led to a meeting with the Barrick Executive Chairman Prof. Mr John P. Thornton, owners of Acacia, which has now opened negotiations with the government
Having closely followed these events and reactions from various quarters with keen interest, we, the undersigned platform of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) of HakiRasilimali – PWYP working on extractive industry advocacy, wish to communicate our position on the matter. Please attached position statement in PDF that captures our take on the issue:
