MINES and Minerals Development Permanent Secretary, Dr Hapenga Kabeta, says government will not be pressured into releasing geological survey data, describing it as highly sensitive. Recently, World Bank Group Senior Mining Specialist for Energy and Extractives, Charles Douglas Hamilton, urged Zambia to release its geological survey data to help the country achieve its target of producing three million metric tonnes of copper. Similarly, Zambia Geological Society president Desiderius Chapewa suggested that the government should not wait to map the entire country before making geological data available. Commenting on these remarks in an interview, Tuesday, Dr Kabeta emphasised that the data must be managed carefully and released at the appropriate time. “The data must be used for economic development. It must...