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By MUGINI JACOB in Kahama
Daily News; Monday,October 27, 2008
Barrick Gold Tanzania will start making profit from its 750 million US dollar investment at the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine in 2014, the companys General Manager, Mr Greg Walker, disclosed here yesterday. We are still recovering 750 million US dollars that has been invested here and the profit will start coming in 2014.
We are currently paying all taxes except corporate tax, he said. The mine which started operation in 2001 has about 3,000 employees. According to Mr Walker, the mine also spends millions of shillings in support of development projects with a focus on education, water and health services in the surrounding communities.
BGML, he said, had earmarked 3.5 million US dollars (about 4bn/-) for development projects in surrounding villages next year. He also said the mine was in the process of introducing banking services at Kakola area for mine workers and surrounding communities. We are building a structure that would accommodate the bank. We are in touch with Stanbic Bank to come and operate here, the GM said. He also pointed out that the mine had constructed 600 houses which had been loaned to its workers.
Source:
By MUGINI JACOB in Kahama
Daily News; Monday,October 27, 2008