He was delivering the keynote address at the two-day Limpopo Mining Investment Conference in Polokwane
He added that small-scale mining should be given space to grow.
Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha echoed Mantashe’s sentiments, saying Limpopo was one of the provinces with rich and limitless mineral deposits. “If one considers both the direct and indirect impact of the mining sector, then its employment contribution has in the period increased from 8% to about 15%.
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