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Item THE HAUNTING LEGACY OF KILEMBE MINES.(daily monitor, 2018-05-30) FREDERICK MUSISIOfficially, tibet hima mining company(THMCOL)'s concession for kilembe mines stands terminated as president museveni ordered last june and as per the recommendations of winding up commision, which was established to study the salient issues leading to THMCOL's non performance.Item NOT ALL THAT GLITERS IN UGANDA IS GOLD.(daily monitor, 2018-05-31) FREDERICK MUSISIThe auditor general mr john muwanga in the last financial year audit reported that the directorate of geological surveys and mines(DGSM), the energy ministry's technical arm in charge of minerals has issued gold export permits for only 16,281kgs compared to records from uganda revenue authority which indicated that 8,691kgs of precious metal worth shs1.2trillion were exported from uganda during the same period.Item SAND MINERS DEGRADE RIVER KOCHI.(daily monitor, 2018-05-23) ROBERT ELEMARiver kochi which provides water for irrigation and home consumption for residents in yumbe district is being degraded due to uncontrolled sand mining.Item Our uranium can power Africa for 100years- Gen Angina(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-08) Owiny, Jolly Tobias; Otwii, IsaacSurveys by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development show Uganda has about 52,000 square kilometres (sq km) of uranium deposits.Item Government should provide youth training in oil sector(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-09) Atuhaire, OliveRecently the media reported that President Museveni wants all Ugandan experts in the oil and gas sector abroad to come back and help the country nurture the oil sector as the country is targeting oil production in 2020.