GEITA, Sept. 29 -- SMALL-SCALE miners in the country have been urged to conduct geoscientific surveys in their mining areas before starting mining to determine the geological conditions and the presence of minerals, which will increase production and bring productivity, including avoiding the loss of their capital.

This was stated today by the Chief Geophysicist of the Geology and Minerals Research Institute of Tanzania (GST) Octavian Minja while speaking to leaders of the Tanzania Women Miners Association (TAWOMA) who visited the GST pavilion at the ongoing National Mining Technology Exhibition at the Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan grounds, Bombambili, Geita Municipality.

Explaining the machines and equipment used by GST in various studies, M...