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Bank of Uganda’s domestic gold purchase programme a big boost to artisanal miners

The buying of local gold means an upgrade of local artisans whose trade has been informal. The involvement of the Central Bank means that the artisans in mining will have been elevated to a higher recognition level.

Wilson Manishimwe
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision

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By Wilson Manishimwe

Uganda has an estimated 90% of its gold production mined by the over 31,000 miners in the artisanal sector, and for a long time, artisanal

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Bank of Uganda
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