February 26,
2017
THE licences of
over 200 jade mining blocks in Lonekhin, Hpakant and other sites in jewelry
land in Kachin State will expire next month, according to the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation.
It is announced
that licences of 76 jade mines in Lonekhin and Hpakant jewelry land, 110 in
Mohnyin, eight in Mogkok, four in Mongshu and 12 in Hkamti will expire in March
of this year.
The ministry
granted permits to jade mining companies to operate in Mohnyin and Hkamti in
2011 and it issued permits to the companies in Mogkok in 2012 and 2014. The
mining companies in Mongshu sought permission from the authorities in 2014.
Some companies have been operating jade mining business through 76 sites in
Lonekhin and Hpakant since 2009.
More than 2,700
licences for jade mining sites located in Lonekhin, Hpakant, Hkamti, Mongshu,
Mogkok and Nantyaseik mining areas in Kachin State expired between July of last
year and January of this year.
The ministry
granted seven-year permits and five-year permits to jade mining companies to
operate in Lonekhin and Hpakant jewelry land. The majority of similar
businesses in Mohnyin and Hkamti mining areas obtained licenses in 2011.
Ref; The Global
New Light of Myanmar
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