Funding for miners

THE European Union-SADC Investment Promotion Programme (ESIPP) is inviting local mining firms to apply for possible funding.

Speaking during a public meeting, ESIPP representative Nick O’Neill told local miners in Windhoek on Monday that if they want to benefit from the programme they need to hand in their project proposals. O’Neill said for a project to be selected it needs to have legal, technical and economical background, adding that it also has to have an environmental plan.He said miners had until end of July to apply, when the ESIPP Committee for South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland would select the best projects.Those projects will be invited to attend a round-table in Lusaka, Zambia in November this year where miners from across the SADC region will meet investors.- NampaO’Neill said for a project to be selected it needs to have legal, technical and economical background, adding that it also has to have an environmental plan.He said miners had until end of July to apply, when the ESIPP Committee for South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland would select the best projects.Those projects will be invited to attend a round-table in Lusaka, Zambia in November this year where miners from across the SADC region will meet investors.- Nampa