Minister of Minerals and Energy Defends Precious Metals Bill

Monday, October 31, 2005
FreeMarketNews.com

Minister of Minerals and Energy Lindiwe Hendricks last week responded to issues emanating from the public hearings on the Precious Metals Bill, the companion to the more-controversial Diamond Amendment Bill.

In a speech to the parliamentary portfolio committee on Minerals and Energy, Hendricks said that a key issue raised during the submissions was a need for clarity of definitions, including a suggestion that there should not be any amendments to the definition of unwrought precious metals, as contained in the Mining Rights Act of 1967.

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