Dar es Salaam, April 24 -- DODOMA: DEPUTY Minister for Finance, Hamad Hassan Chande said yesterday that the government will consider making legal amendments to allow major mining companies to be listed in the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange.

Mr Chande was responding to a supplementary question posed by Singida North lawmaker, Ramadhan Ighondo (CCM), who wanted to know when the government would consider listing to the stock exchange big companies like Barrick, Geita Gold Mine (GGM) and Shanta Gold.

“We understand that such companies holding Mining Licences or Special Mining Licences (SMLs) ought to issue Shares of Free Carried Interest (FCI) to the government, therefore, why shouldnt the same government allow that they be listed in th...