More than 130 registered members and surveyors have attended the Association of Mine Surveyors of Zimbabwe (AMSZ)‘s 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Masvingo, more than doubling the association’s typical AGM attendance of between 40 and 60 members, Mining Zimbabwe can report.
By Rudairo Mapuranga
The AGM, being held at the Great Zimbabwe Hotel, precedes the association’s conference, which is expected to attract an even larger gathering of mine surveyors, mining companies, government officials, suppliers, investors and other industry stakeholders.
AMSZ Secretary-General Takunda Mubaiwa said the strong AGM turnout reflected growing participation by registered members in the association’s professional development initiatives and broader efforts to align the profession with industry and government priorities.
“This year around our Annual General Meeting, numbers are way above our normal attendance. We usually used to range between 40 to 60 members, but as we stand, we’re plus 130 and more are coming,” Mubaiwa said.
He said the association was using the AGM and conference to reinforce the profession’s role beyond traditional mine measurement, with greater emphasis on service delivery and the use of spatial information to support the mining industry and the country.
The conference is running under the theme “From Survey to Service and Strategic Partnerships for National Mining Growth.”
“We expect proper dialogue, proper interactions. We are saying from survey to service. We need to make sure service provision is on point – service provision to our clients, which are the miners in the industry, and service provision to the nation at large, which requires the spatial data that we capture on a daily basis,” Mubaiwa said.
Mine surveyors play a key role in mine measurement, mapping, boundary determination and spatial data management, with accurate surveying increasingly important to mining compliance, planning and mineral accountability.
The association has also expanded its engagement with the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector through a partnership with the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), aimed at improving access to professional surveying services as miners seek to comply with regulatory requirements and formalise their operations.
While the AGM is restricted to registered members, the subsequent conference is expected to draw a significantly larger audience, bringing together stakeholders from across Zimbabwe’s mining value chain.
The increased participation at the AGM comes as the surveying profession seeks to strengthen its contribution to a mining sector undergoing regulatory, technological and operational changes.
For AMSZ, the focus is increasingly on translating technical surveying expertise into practical services and strategic partnerships that support miners while contributing to more accurate and accountable management of Zimbabwe’s mineral resources.
