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14 illegal miners were arrested at Jumbo Mine in Mazowe today with 11 machetes and 423 explosives. Four rolls of copper wire and nine hammer mills were recovered.More to follow....

MP charged for prospection without a license MP Charged for criminal abuse of office Remanded to January 21 Accused MP in contravention of the Mines and Minerals ActChegutu Member of Parliament and Zanu PF legislator...

Two Guruve artisanal miners drowned in Dande River while running away from security guards chasing them at Eureka Gold Mine.Mashonaland Central provincial police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the incident which claimed the lives of Learnmore...

Reports coming in say there are 150 illegal miners stuck underground at Jumbo Mine's MaBanana area.More to follow....

THE Africa University (AU) has raised concerns over gold panning activities around the institution amid fears that the tunnels extending beneath the university, could cause structural damage to infrastructure.This was revealed by Mutasa South MP Regai...

One of the artisanal miners reportedly wreaking havoc at Eureka Gold Mine in Guruve was last week shot on the leg after trying to attack security guards in a gold ore scuffle.Chriswell Mushongahande (27) of Muroiwa...

NOTORIOUS fortune seekers, mostly gold panners, have announced themselves on Harare’s door step.The illegal miners have set up camp at Kintyre Estates, where they are tearing into a mountain supporting the walls of Lake Chivero.As a...

The level of financial losses that Africa continues to experience due to illegal activities and dealings in the mining sector is undermining sustainable development in the continent, Trust Africa Programmes Director Briggs Bomba has said.Speaking at...

STATE-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has arrested 3 259 illegal diamond panners in Chiadzwa in the past year, a security official with the state-owned mining firm has said.In a security update presented to the all...

Security officials have raised alarm over an exponential increase in illegal panning activities in Chiadzwa diamond fields with more than 3000 panners arrested this year only.Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) chief security over Ellias Mvere told...

Villagers in Pfungwe are up in arms with illegal miners who are destroying the environment in search of tantalite mineral.In a movie-like style, the illegal miners ransacked parts of Sowa area before they were intercepted by...

Bindura Town Council has refuted the social media claims that the town's water tanks and reserves were poisoned by illegal miners popularly known as Mashurugwi, Mining Zimbabwe has learnt.Rudairo MapurangaSpeaking to Mining Zimbabwe Bindura town council...