Kibo Mining said that the Mining Commission, a constituent of the Tanzanian Ministry of Mines (MoM) is ready to consider the company’s application for a Special Mining License (SML’) for the Mbeya Coal to Power Project (MCPP) after the inclusion of a Local Content Plan (LCP) and the Integrity Pledge (IP).
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Separately, Kibo anticipates submitting a mining licence application in Q3 2018 for its Mabesekwa Coal Independent Power Project (‘Mabesekwa’) in Botswana, where it is developing a similar project to the MCPP.
Kibo CEO Louis Coetzee said: “This latest development in relation to finalizing the SML for the mining component of the MCPP is most welcome as we now have a clearly defined procedure to follow under the new mining act in order to finalize our existing SML application.
“Kibo will prioritise providing the Mining Commission with the LCP and IP within the next two weeks, thereby ensuring that our SML application is fully compliant and ready for review.
“With the LCP and IP regulations now clearly defined and in place there are no outstanding components to the SML application, however in any event Kibo has always been compliant with almost all of the LCP and IP requirements, even before these became statutory requirements.
“I’d very much like to extend my gratitude to Kibo’s staff for all the hard work done over the past few months, enabling us to enter the final stages of preparation to submit a mining licence application for the Mabesekwa project as well.
“We are optimistic that both licences shall be approved expeditiously although it should be noted that following submission the progress of the process is not within Kibo’s control.”
Source: Company Press Release