Time to resolve the Sierra Leone Mining Company issue once and for all
19 February 2021 at 01:13 |
By Gibril Koroma, Editor and Publisher, Toronto, Canada
The impasse between the Sierra Leone Mining company which is interested in the iron ore at the Marampa mines in Lunsar, north of Sierra Leone, and the Sierra Leone government has dragged on for too long.
I think itâs high time a mediator respected by both parties intervenes. SLMC has invested a lot money in equipment and other expenses in Marampa and will find it very difficult to just walk away. They are now using the tactic of international litigation to put pressure on the Sierra Leone government to reconsider the cancellation of their horrible mining agreement signed during the reign of the former APC administration, an administration known for very bad mining deals and agreements. The Sierra Leone government wants to review the agreement and wants a better deal while SLMC wants to stick to the agreement unt