The Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines and Spatial Dimension have developed this Mining Cadastre Portal to improve transparency and promote investment in the Uganda sector Click on a License in the map to view detailed information or use the search functionality to search by License code or company name
Uganda will for the first time have a National Mining Company to manage the government s commercial and participating interests in mineral agreements The provision is part of the Mining and Minerals Bill 2021 which the Parliament passed on February 17 2022 The National Mining Company will hold a 15 per cent free equity in all large and medium mining
The Uganda National Mining Company has a new board of directors inaugurated today by the state minister for energy The incoming board chairman James Mukasa Ssebugenyi has pledged to reform the sector starting with structural changes in copper mining in Kilembe among other things The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Energy Irene
4 This article is an editorial written by s Editor in Chief Adam Orlando Let the wining or perhaps the whining begin Today 22 November marks National Mining and Related Industries Day which celebrates the enormous contribution of Australia s mining and related industries to the domestic economy and the livelihood of all Aussies
An inter ministerial committee to commence efforts of establishing the Uganda National Mining Company UNMC has been set up Ruth Nankabirwa This has been revealed by energy minister Ruth Nankabirwa while addressing journalists on Tuesday at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala
Uganda s mining and minerals sector—including artisanal gold mining—is a critical driver of economic growth for the country A government 2019 report estimates that 7 081 kg of gold in Uganda is artisanally mined per year which accounts for more than 90 percent of all the country s gold In 2022 Uganda passed the new Mining and Minerals Law
The Ugandan government has started to set up a national mining company that will aim to take equity stakes of up to 15% of all medium and large scale mining operations in the country the minister
Uganda s mining sector shows positive signs of governance but key areas for improvement remain The 2021 RGI assessed Uganda s mining sector for the first time given its rising importance and contribution to the country s economy Research focused on developments until December 2020 While the specific resource assessed in
The MMA establishes the Uganda National Mining Company UNMC which is wholly owned by the State to manage Uganda s commercial holding and participating interests in mineral agreements Under the MMA the grant of a large scale or medium scale mining licence may give the State an ownership interest at no cost of up
In 1988 Uganda established the National Mining Commission that undertook remedial steps to restore the productive capacity of some of the country s mines The Investment Code Act was enacted in 1991 providing fiscal and related incentives for doing business in Uganda A new Constitution was promulgated on 8th October 1995 and
3 Uganda Type of law Legislation Source FAO FAOLEX Abstract This Act applies to a all activities operations and transactions related to the prospecting exploration mining development exploitation research and beneficiation of minerals including the processing smelting refining of minerals and trading of mineral substances; and b
The mining and quarrying sector has a large contribution to Uganda s gross domestic product which according to data from Uganda Bureau of Statistics contributed trillion in the 2020/
"Uganda can position itself as a key supplier in the growing global market for critical minerals " he said In other sector developments Minister Nankabirwa announced the creation of a National Mining Company whose Board of Directors was approved by Cabinet earlier this week The company will manage the state s commercial interests in the
Job Title Digitalisation Advisor Sustainable Development of the Mining Sector in Uganda Organization GIZ Uganda Duty Station Kampala Uganda Ref GIZ SDMSU/DA/1124052 About the Company The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ GmbH is owned by the Federal Republic of Germany and implements
The Bank of Uganda said it will directly purchase bullion from artisanal miners in a move that will also support government efforts to support local miners and reduce imports of raw gold Uganda s move echoes a proposal by Nigerian lawmakers for the nation s central bank to buy all locally produced gold to shore up reserves and fight inflation
The license clears the way for mining at the Makuutu Rare Earths Project and marks the first large scale mining license to be awarded in Uganda Image Ionic Rare Earths
U Uganda Mineral Policy Victoria Ritah Nalule1 and Rukundo Tom Ayebare2 1CEPMLP University of Dundee Dundee UK 2Petroleum Costs and Economics Petroleum Authority of Uganda Kampala Uganda General Information on Uganda The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country
statistics The Government of Uganda GOU has recently afforded ASM greater recognition including through its prominent inclusion in a draft National Mining and Minerals Policy of Uganda NMMPU This policy will provide the basis for upcoming mining law and regulations and related strategies and actions by government
In the early 2000s revisions to minerals policy and legislation marked a move towards a national environment that s more investor friendly for mining Over the years the gold mining industry has been on the rise In addition to the two common Uganda gold mining methods namely the Miller process and the Wohlwill process the company
An inter ministerial committee to commence efforts of establishing the Uganda National Mining Company UNMC has been set up Ruth Nankabirwa This has been revealed by energy minister Ruth Nankabirwa while addressing journalists on Tuesday at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala
The Ugandan National Environment Management Authority NEMA issued a warning of devastating environmental consequences if Chinese investors insist on mining sand in Lake Victoria NEMA said Mango Tree Group Ltd was only permitted to manufacture ships and must first seek approval to engage in sand mining
Uganda is one such a country rich in minerals where a fraction of communities derive their livelihood from mining minerals These include gemstones white marbles sand limestone gold zeolite