Federation of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Malawi

28/05/2026

28/05/2026

Ministry of Finance-Malawi Mining and Minerals Regulatory Authority Malawi Women in Mining - Central Nyasa Mining Cooperative Gemstones Association Of Malawi - Central Region Department of Mining Mw Reserve Bank Of Malawi Mining Review Malawi

Other than RBM/EDF and MAMICO, are there any companies or individuals currently buying gold locally?

Many Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners are currently holding lots kilograms of gold with nowhere reliable to sell.

At RBM/EDF there has reportedly been no money throughout the past weeks. Some dealers/miners have ended up selling on credit, while others require spot cash and cannot afford to wait days for payment.

Before ASMs start crossing borders through uncharted routes looking for buyers, Malawi Government there is urgent need for intervention and alternative market support.

Any serious buyers or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Going Forward : There is a need to open up the gold business, MMRA should or MUST start issuing gold dealership licenses (more private players) to those with the capacity so they compliment RBM/EDF and MAMICO especially like these times where they have no money. Let us catch/keep each and every gram of gold in the country!!!

24/05/2026

Mining and Minerals Regulatory Authority
Ministry of Finance-Malawi
Ministry of Industrialization, Business, Trade & Tourism - Malawi
Malawi Government

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Ndi zomvesa chisoni kuti miyalayi ipita motchipa chifukwa Lindian ili ndi chiphaso chaching’ono chija amati medium scale mining licence. Motero kampaniyi siyikuwumilizidwa ndi malamulo kusayinira mgwirizano ndi boma la dziko lino kuti bomalo litenge gawo la masheya pantchitoyi kapenanso ndi anthu akuderali kuti kampaniyi igwire ntchito zachitukuko zimene akufuna.

Bungwe la boma loyang’anira zamigodi la Mining and Minerals Regulatory Authority linati silikupereka chiphaso chachikulu cha large scale mining licence ku kampani ya Lindian chifukwa mumalamulo adziko lino izi zimadikira kampaniyi kufunsa chiphasochi kuboma ikawona kuti ntchito yake yakula.

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Kampaniyi yati ikukasungunula miyalayi, yomwe amapangira katundu wambiri wamakono monga mabatile a galimoto zoyenda popanda mafuta a dizilo kapena petulo, mdziko la Kazakhstan chifukwa ku Malawi kulibe magetsi ndi madzi okwanira kugwilira ntchitozi kuyelekeza ndi mdziko la ku Ulayalo.

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24/05/2026

15/05/2026

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07/05/2026

07/05/2026

Editorial Comment

Lift raw minerals export ban and reform minerals taxation regime, Your Excellency

The economic problems that Malawi is currently experiencing rooted in the shortage of foreign exchange as a result of low export earnings are an indication that time is ripe for Malawi to diversify from overdependence on agriculture specifically to***co as a major export earner.

It is, therefore, appropriate that the Government has turned its focus on mining as a potential major foreign exchange earner judging from our leaders’ rhetoric.

State President Arthur Peter Mutharika showed political will to turn mining into a key economic sector when he announced a ban on export of raw minerals as soon as he ascended to the high office last year.

This manifested that the President was serious in ensuring that Malawi adequately benefits from mining through local value addition of minerals. Local beneficiation would ensure that the country earns more from the minerals sector as processed minerals attract higher prices on the market than raw minerals. In addition, local processing would help in bringing the processing technology into the country and creating job opportunities for the locals.

However, it is clear that the ban is not producing the desired results. As we previously reported, the annual economic report produced by the Ministry of Finance has shown that the Mining and Minerals Regulatory Authority (MMRA) revenue collection from mining has drastically decreased to K70-million against the total projection of K665.5-million in the 2025/26 financial year as a result of the ban.

Percy Maleta, President of the Federation of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Malawi (FASMIM) is quoted in our published article that the ban has heavily impacted on the ASM trade due to lack of beneficiation facilities in Malawi, which is making export of gemstones impossible.

Maleta says the ban has caused serious harm: lost livelihoods for ASM gemstone miners, collapsed contracts, increased smuggling risks, loss of government revenue, and reduced business for logistics companies.

We, therefore, join FASMIM in calling upon the State President to lift this ban. We feel the appropriate way to encourage local beneficiation is to use taxation incentives.

Government needs to come up with taxation incentives that may include waivers for all those miners adding value to their minerals locally and raise taxes for those exporting unprocessed and semi-processed products in accordance with the stage of processing.

We feel in such a way, Malawi will be able to realise more revenue from mining without disrupting the activity as is the current case with the ban.

14/02/2026

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