Nigeria hopes gold mining reforms can bring in $500 million a year

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria hopes changes it has made to gold mining regulation will earn the government $500 million a year in royalties and taxes and create 250,000 jobs, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday. The reforms have made artisanal mining legal and will create gold buying centres and tax trade of the precious metal, […]

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Source : African Media Agency (AMA)