MARA, June 23 -- THE government has launched a 14-day capacity-building training programme for 48 groups of young small-scale miners from the Nyamongo area in Tarime District, Mara Region.

The training, which began last Saturday, is sponsored by the Barrick North Mara Gold Mine in collaboration with the North Mara Trust Fund.

The groups, comprising a total of 2,736 members, were granted 96 free mining licences by the Minister for Minerals, Anthony Mavunde, in early May this year.

Musoma District Commissioner Juma Chikoka, speaking on behalf of Mara Regional Commissioner Col Evans Mtambi, urged the youth to take the training seriously, calling it a roadmap for realising their ambitions in the mining sector.

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