Offenders of the Mining and Minerals Act are expected to pay fines ranging from 60–500 million Shillings or serve imprisonment terms of between 2 and 7 years or both.

Despite challenges brought about by Covid-19, export earnings from DRC have peaked to a new high of USD 559 million in FY 2020/21. The rise will be consolidated by Uganda’s infrastructure development in the region, which has since facilitated growth in formal exports at the expense informal exports.