AU in move to harmonise mineral resource exploitation

Timothy Mukoshi the Chairperson at Kakamega Mineral Mining Group shows some of the Gold stones at their Roasterman Mining site in Kakamega County on Feb 28th, 2007. By Chrispen Sechere.

An initiative to set up an African mineral resource classification system to harmonise exploitation across the continent, is now underway.

The framework seeks to enhance regional cooperation in management of all energy and mineral resources on land, continental shelf and seabed.