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    "content": "have tabulated there the columns for prospecting licences, where 12 of them have been granted, including prospecting permits, mining licences and permits, trading licences and processing. We have a total of 177. One of the things that are clear from the table is that some of the applications are being returned and deferred because they have not met the requirements of the law. Applications submitted through the online mining cadastre are evaluated, processed and decided upon based on the first come, first served principle, as well as administratively prioritised based on their potential for significant capital injection into the economy. Moving to part (e) of the Question; artisanal mining is recognised by Section 95 of the Mining Act, as a form of mining. The law protects and provides for several rights under the category artisanal mining, artisanal prospecting permits, artisanal prospecting mining and dealership permits. Further, the law established Artisanal Mining Committees (AMCs) in every county with the chairmanship reserved for a representative of the county governor and with membership across the stakeholders and association of artisanal miners in the county. The Ministry has so far gazetted 24 AMCs across the country, with more expected to be gazetted in coming days. These committees advise the representative of the Ministry at the county level on licensing for artisanal operations and permits and other regulatory issues around artisanal operations in the country. To actualise the aspiration of the Mining Act, the Ministry developed the AMC Manual to, among others, provide greater clarity on the interactions between the AMC and the Cabinet Secretary. This framework operates under the guidance of Section 56 of the Mining Act, 2016, which mandates that mineral rights applications be reviewed, processed and determined on a first come, first served basis. The workflow for processing the artisanal mining permit applications is there. It includes the representative of the AMC, director of mines and then the Cabinet Secretary. Part two is on the artisanal mining permit processing flow. Once an application is received in the online mining cadastre, the licensing officer in the region receives and checks for accuracy and completeness of application documents and then prepares an evaluation brief. The evaluation brief is submitted to the representative of the director of mines, who then submits it to the AMC for evaluation. Part (c)---"
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