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Chitando said other mining companies should apply for possible similar exemptions if they had compelling reasons.
“Mining operations which face implementation challenges are requested to apply for partial exemption to the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development through the Chamber of Mines and Zimbabwe Miners Federation.
http://newziana.co.zw/2020/03/29/govt-exempts-coal-miners-from-lockdown/
$30m for Mutare Gemology Centre.
https://www.manicapost.co.zw/30m-for-mutare-gemology-centre/
https://twitter.com/BotswanaDiamond/status/1243523611283075072?s=19
https://twitter.com/NewZiana/status/1242753375940284417?s=09
https://twitter.com/BotswanaDiamond/status/1239545651693785091?s=19
Vast Resources to commence production in six months despite market turbulence
https://www.kitco.com/news/2020-03-10/Vast-Resources-to-commence-production-in-six-months-despite-market-turbulence.html
Shipment delays out of China not affecting Vast’s Romania project.
https://m.miningweekly.com/article/shipment-delays-out-of-china-not-affecting-vasts-romania-project-2020-03-10
https://twitter.com/vast_resources/status/1238429221904662533?s=19
https://twitter.com/fadzyMislee/status/1237698289950130177?s=19
“. . . the project plan is to implement the communities “masterplan” that incorporates, schools, medical centres, local beneficiation of the diamonds, rehabilitation of the land post extraction to create an agricultural centre and employment of the local community.
https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/community-to-benefit-in-vast-diamond-plan
The Marange masterplan.
https://t.co/AUw6fMsB0m
The Marange community masterplan.
https://t.co/AUw6fMsB0m
Zimbabwe expects to produce 6 million carats of diamonds by 2023, 5 million from Manicaland according to the $12 billion mining economy by 2023.
https://twitter.com/KPCivilSociety1/status/1237684953661440006?s=19
https://twitter.com/mukasiri/status/1237675806203281410?s=19
VAST Resources (Vast) will soon
commence operations at its
Zimbabwean unit, with the government
indicating that all internal processes
leading to the conclusion of the joint
venture (JV) would be finalised in March this year.
In an interview with Mining Zimbabwe Vast
Resources Zimbabwe director Mark
Mabhudhu, however, declined to share
intricate details about the deal.
“Unfortunately, at this stage, we are under
sanction in terms of what information we
can release. We are also obliged to release
information to the stock exchange. Also at
this stage because we have not signed the agreement and stuff like that, it will be
prejudicial,” he said.
https://twitter.com/Mining_Zimbabwe/status/1237622742838587393?s=19
https://twitter.com/newswireZW/status/1237311518494150656?s=19
SPECIAL REPORT | Zimbabwean mining: The companies and players to watch in 2020.
https://newzwire.live/special-report-zimbabwean-mining-the-companies-and-players-to-watch-in-2020/
ARTISANAL miners last month reportedly unearthed diamonds in Shurugwi, barely a year after discovery of an even more valuable find, the D colour diamonds in the country’s diamond-rich Chiadzwa fields.
https://www.miningindex.co.zw/2020/03/05/diamonds-discovered-in-shurugwi/
Rich pickings for ZCDC as most valuable diamonds are discovered.
https://www.miningindex.co.zw/2020/02/06/rich-pickings-for-zcdc-as-most-valuable-diamonds-are-discovered/
Diamonds discovered in Shurugwi.
https://www.miningindex.co.zw/2020/03/05/diamonds-discovered-in-shurugwi/
Agreed De Beers did walk away after 25 years exploration. (They were accused of shipping ore to South Africa) so not a great relationship with Zim Gov.
Alrosa on the other hand obviously see value.
The value of Marange's reserves are pegged at US$800 billion, labelled by a survey report from De Beers as more than eight times higher than average diamond fields at a ratio of more than 1000 carats per hundred tonnes (CPHT). The report, prepared for De Beers by noted geologist John Ward, draws Rio Tinto's concession in Zimbabwe's Midland province, estimated at CPHT 120.
https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/zimbabwe-power-lies-east