TANZANIA?S third modern large-scale gold mine has started commercial production ahead of its official commissioning in mid-July, a company official said on Friday. “Gold is now pouring out at the mine … all is going on well,” said Roy Meada, general manager of Kahama Mining Corporation Limited, owners of the mine in the remote village of Bulyanhulu in northwestern Tanzania. Meada said that the Bulyanhulu mine, set for commissioning by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa on July 18, was projected to produce at least 263 000 ounces of gold by the end of the year. According to industry sources, this would make Tanzania Africa’s third largest gold producer. – AFP
Thursday 24 May, 2001