Tanzanian Mining Act 2010

On 23 April 2010 Tanzania's Parliament passed The Mining Act 2010 (the Act). The Act is a composite of a document presented to Parliament (the Initial Reading), together with a schedule of amendments (the Amendments). The Act has yet to be Gazetted and thus is not yet in force, though it is reputed to be under a "Certificate of Urgency" and therefore is expected to come into force shortly.

The intention of the Government of Tanzania (the GOT) is to within the Act address challenges that the GOT has identified in relation to the mining sector in Tanzania; specifically, low integration with other sectors of the economy, low contribution to the Gross Domestic Product compared to the sector growth and low capacity of the GOT to effectively regulate and administer the sector.