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140 illegal miners were arrested across the country yesterday bringing the total of those taken into custody since the commencement of operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere/Isitsheketsha Kasiphele and no to machete gangs to 25 795.Rudairo MapurangaThrough their official...

WOMEN’S rights organisations have urged government to investigate reports of abuse of women in mining to promote justice and encourage female participation in the sector.In a joint statement after a virtual gender and extractives symposium last...

Zimbabwe’s gold deliveries more than doubled to 2.92 tonnes in June from 1.409 tonnes during the same period last year on incentives as experts say the upward trajectory would be maintained throughout the year.Last month, the...

Zimbabwe’s gold export receipts have plunged 35% to US$78.4m in May from US$120m achieved in the prior comparative period as the yellow metal deliveries to the country’s sole buyer and marketer, Fidelity Printers and Refiners dropped.While...

An ex-convicted machete gang member recently released under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion to reduce the threat of COVID-19 in the country’s overcrowded jails is alleged to have killed a miner in Norton.Anerudo MapurangaAccording...

The value of Zimbabwe’s gold export receipts jumped by more than half to US$97.06m in April 2021 from US$63.42m reported in the same period last year due to improved bullion deliveries and firming prices on the...

Zimbabwe’s gold export receipts have spiked 15% to US$147.3m in February and March this year from US$128m recorded during the comparative period last year on the back of firming international gold prices, latest data has shown.The...

ABOUT 9 000 illegal gold miners have been arrested in a police blitz against gold panning across the country.In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi expressed concern that the panners kept trekking back...

Zimbabwe could have lost gold worth US$1.67bn last year through smuggling and unfavourable mining policies which negatively impacted on the competitiveness of the sector, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) general manager Fradreck Kunaka, has said.Kunaka said...

The Zimbabwe Republic Police says a cumulative 27 220 people have been arrested in connection with illegal mining activities across the country since Operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere was launched two years ago.ZRP launched the operation to end...

GOLD panners have unleashed a reign of terror in Malungwane Village in Umzingwane District, Matabeleland South attacking villagers with axes, machetes and knobkerries.The development has seen the community members sleeping in maize fields fearing being attacked...

Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) is paying artisanal and small scale miners on the spot gold  at prevailing world prices but deducting royalties and costs of importing cash into the country which is forcing players to...