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Tanzania fines Acacia Mining for breaching environmental rules

Acacia Mining’s Buzwagi mine in Tanzania. [Photo: Courtesy]

Acacia Mining said on Thursday the Tanzanian government has fined the miner 300 million Tanzanian shillings ($129,143), two days after the government appointed a new mining minister, over allegations of breaching environmental regulations at its North Mara mine.

Acacia said it has been asked verbally to build a new tailings storage facility (TSF), a structure for storing uneconomical ore, but had not yet received any written notice from the government.

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