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Yumbe gold project targets 20kg a week
A new licensed small-scale gold operation in Yumbe has been opened with a 20kg weekly target and promises of local jobs. The output figure is a target, not yet a record.
Doreen Adong · Euro Gold · Yumbe, West Nile
August 25, 2026 - analysisFormalisation
New buying centres test gold price fairness
Formal mineral buying centres are opening in gold districts so diggers can weigh and sell on record. Early signs are decent, but the middlemen have not gone anywhere.
Grace Nabirye · Mineral buying centres · Mubende and Busia
August 17, 2026 - positiveFormalisation
Tin and tungsten cooperatives find footing
So, in the south western hills, licensed cooperatives are sorting and selling tin and tungsten together instead of one by one. Prices improved, but transport still swallows much of the gain.
Grace Nabirye · Mining cooperatives · Kabale and Rukungiri
August 15, 2026 - positiveFormalisation
Kassanda gold site reopens with a licensing deadline
Government has reopened the Mugobwa Katuugo exploration site in Kassanda, closed since April over unlicensed activity. More than 3,000 prospectors may resume work while formalisation paperwork is completed.
Isaac Okot · Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development · Kassanda
August 13, 2026 - analysisFormalisation
Reading the DGSM cadastre register for 2026
UMT worked through the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines online cadastre portal record by record. The register is the single most useful public document in Ugandan mining, and it is also the least read.
Ruth Namaganda · Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines · Entebbe
August 11, 2026 - positiveFormalisation
Busia plants lift recovery rates for artisanal ore
Licensed medium-scale plants in Tiira and Amonikakinei are buying and milling ore from neighbouring artisanal pits, with operators reporting recovery gains over sluice and amalgam methods.
Prossy Kansiime · Tiira and Amonikakinei operators · Busia
August 10, 2026