DODOMA, Nov. 15 -- THE government has unveiled plans to further strengthen the mining sector in order to ensure that mineral resources contribute fully to the national economy and uplifting the economy by 2030.

The plans were unveiled by President Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday while delivering her maiden speech to officially inaugurate the 13th Parliament in Dodoma.

She said that Tanzania is richly endowed with a variety of minerals, yet only 16 per cent of the countrys mineral-rich geological area has so far been surveyed in detail.

“Our task in the coming years is to ensure that these minerals bring development to our people and uplift them economically,” said President Samia.

The Head of the State said that in the previ...