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The incident reportedly took place on Saturday night in Colleen Bawn, about 20km outside Gwanda. A Zimbabwe Republic Police Officer, who allegedly led a heist at former Gwanda mayor, Knowledge Ndlovu’s Ettrick Mine and allegedly stole gold...

EIGHTY-FOUR artisanal miners have been arrested in Umguza during a police blitz on illegal mining in Matabeleland North. The illegal miners appeared in court on Wednesday charged with prospecting for gold without a licence.Thirty four women and...

 Billions of dollars’ worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East — a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and beyond —...

GOVERNMENT should expedite implementation of the “use it or lose it” concept as announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa so as to unlock new economic opportunity and create more jobs, small scale miners have said.They said the...

HUNDREDS of illegal panners have besieged the banks of the raw sewerage-polluted Sakubva River digging for alluvial gold deposits, in a development that has resulted in increased human activity in the adjacent Gimboki high-density suburb.Gold buyers...

In a move that shows President Emmerson Mnangagwa has thrown one of his lieutenants, Vongai Mupereri, under the bus, the Chief Justice, Luke Malaba has ordered the imminent arrest of the former Mbizo legislator for contempt...

THE Government will soon close the majority of gold milling centres dotted around the country on suspicion of under declaration and  also hit hard on truant mining houses owing it a cumulative amount of more than $500...

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has availed RTGS$21,7 million to assist women and youths in small-scale mining to boost their operations.Speaking recently in Gwanda during a workshop for small-scale miners in Matabeleland South Province, RBZ...

JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has told Parliament that the forthcoming Mines and Minerals Bill will include provisions that will regulate the conduct of artisanal miners, and ensure their safety when carrying out underground mining activities.The minister...

Miners are of the belief that, for the economy of Zimbabwe to be restored to yesteryear’s heights, the mining sector have to contribute remarkably. The mining industry is one of the industries that is capable of...

Chinese lithium mining companies operating in Zimbabwe have dismissed allegations of smuggling, insisting they have no incentive to engage in illicit trade and are fully committed to supporting government efforts to curb mineral leakages. By Rudairo Mapuranga A...

The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has thrown its weight behind the government's immediate suspension of all raw mineral and lithium concentrate exports, with federation president Ms. Henrietta Rushwaya warning that the organisation will not hesitate to...