However, small scale miners have a legitimate and useful place in the Tanzania economy. Cooperating and assisting them makes far better sense and is cheaper than constantly fighting them.
Regulation will ensure control of criminal elements, increase safety, reduce environmental degradation, but also create goodwill in the communities that border major mining sites. At the same time, the government is in a better position to dissuade heads of households from using very young children which has become an unfortunate trend in recent years.
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