Mining

November 27, 2025

Prosecute Buyers As Well, To Curb Uganda’s Illicit Gold Trade

By Kenneth Asiimwe This story has become a tragic and predictable refrain in Uganda’s and the Great Lakes region’s mineral sector. An international buyer, lured by the promise of below-market-rate gold and swift, off-the-books deals, arrives in Kampala with a suitcase full of cash. They bypass licen…

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6 min read

November 10, 2025

Uganda Gold Miners: MUMA Mining License Is a Turning Point

John Bosco Bukya, the chairman of the Mubende United Miners Assembly (MUMA), says the acquisition of a small-scale mining license marks the start of great things for Uganda’s miners – not only in Kassanda District, where the license is operational, but countrywide. Bukya, who also doubles as the cha…

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September 26, 2025

INTERVIEW: Final Investment Decision Nears For IonicRE’s Makuutu REEs Project In Uganda

The Makuutu rare earths elements (REEs) project in the eastern Uganda region of Busoga is one of the few proven Ionic Absorption Clay (IAC) deposits globally. The project has the capacity to supply heavy Rare Earth Oxide (REO) for more than 50 years, according to the developers. Progress has however…

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7 min read

September 10, 2025

African Union Calls On Uganda To Adopt Model Mining Agreement

In 2009, African heads of state adopted the Africa Mining Vision (AMV) which seeks to see mining on the continent creating local industries through value addition, jobs and infrastructure as opposed to the exportation of mineral ores, as has been the case, historically. While Uganda’s President Yowe…

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6 min read

August 24, 2025

Why Museveni Believes Wagagai Gold Is A Defining Project

“Finally!” President Yoweri Museveni must have thought to himself as he toured the Wagagai Mining Company site and production plant last Saturday, August 16, 2025 during its commissioning. As the biggest proponent of adding value to Uganda’s minerals; even going ahead to institute a ban on the expor…

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8 min read

July 30, 2025

Agumya Lobbies For Uganda’s Tungsten Exports

Allan Agumya, the chairperson of the Miners’ Forum, Uganda, has called for the lifting of Uganda’s export ban on raw materials to allow the inflow of investment capital in the exploration of tungsten. Uganda has prospective mines such as the Kirwa in Kisoro district, in the south western part of the…

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July 27, 2025

Delayed Regulations Hurting Growth Of Uganda’s Mining Sector

Passed in October 2022, Uganda’s new Mining and Minerals Act was meant to jump-start the country’s ambitious journey towards becoming a competitive mining destination. However, today the Act is yet to be fully operationalized as most supporting regulations are still under development – putting on ho…

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6 min read

July 24, 2025

CSOs: Uganda Must Clean Up Mining Sector To Achieve Growth Ambitions

Civil society organisations under the Civil Society Coalition on Oil and Gas (CSCO) have expressed reservations about Uganda’s ability to generate significant revenue from the mining and minerals sector as projected in the draft for the second Domestic Revenue Mobilization Strategy (DRMS). The DRMS …

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5 min read

May 30, 2025

BoU Set To Announce Gold Suppliers

The Bank of Uganda (BoU) is expected to reveal the prequalified bidders for its gold purchasing program soon. According to the bid notice published in April, the evaluation process was meant to take ten (10) working days from the bid closing date of May 7, 2025. Prequalified bidders are those who ha…

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April 27, 2025

How Uganda Is Boosting Its Minerals Sector To Achieve Tenfold Growth Target

Investing in infrastructure like roads and electricity is one of the ways the Uganda government is ensuring the country realizes maximum benefits from its extractives (minerals and oil and gas), according to Joseph Enyimu, the Ag. Commissioner Economic Development, Policy and Research Department at …

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7 min read

April 27, 2025

Why Africa Must Add Value To Its Minerals Amidst Global Energy Transition

In making a case for critical minerals in an interview with the BBC, Dr Robert Muggah, principal of SecDev, a geopolitical risk consultancy based in Canada said, “They are the foundation of the 21st Century economy. They are key to renewable energy, military applications and industrial infrastructur…

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8 min read

April 16, 2025

Blencowe Awarded New Exploration Licenses, Seeks To Succeed Where Sipa Failed

UK firm Blencowe Resources is making a second attempt at a nickle-copper project in northern Uganda, with the company hoping that its previous experience in the area will spring good tidings this time round. The government of Uganda has awarded Consolidated African Resources – the trading name that …

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