GOVERNMENT says Sugilite has not depleted in Luapula Province as a whole, or anywhere else where manganese is mined across the country. In an interview, Tuesday, Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe said sugilite had only depleted at Moumbe Mine in Luapula Province. ā€œWhat the director geological survey was referring to, and this is the true correct position, is that sugilite was discovered at Muombe Mine so what we did as a ministry, is to go now and do a scientific approach to it. Because what was being done, remember I used to refer to it like you are just digging kandolo (sweet potatoes), [then you discover it] so what we did was to get out a team from the geological survey...

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