This is old news but the situation for now at least is that hunting will continue in the privately owned areas such as Tuli Block etc but you're dead right, the ban is going to be a disaster for the game populations.
My own theory is that there's a lot more involved than first appears. I hate to say it but I suspect that sometime in the future, we'll find that more water has been diverted from the delta and redirected to the mines and this will obviously cause immense damage to the entire region.
Elephant populations and in turn, habitat damage and desertification will increase and all game populations will eventually collapse.
Sadly, we've seen it all happen before in Kenya but nevertheless, it's gonna happen again.
Karibu Afrika.