Unki Mine, Shurugwi District (Selukwe District), Midlands, Zimbabwe A PGE mine in the Selukwe subchamber of the Great Dyke, an elongate layered maficultramafic intrusion (550 km long, up to 11 km wide) into Archean granites and greenstones of the Zimbabwe craton.
Our children are turning to illegal gold mining and other illegal means of earning money because the company (Zimasco) cant employ them anymore. Actually the mine is retrenching, a dejected Mr Mwale told Sunday News. Shurugwi Town lies about 350 km south of Harare, 33 kilometres south east of Gweru, and has a population of about 20 000
Oct 20, 20190183;32;Livingstone Manyere* from Shurugwi said his son, an illegal panner, died in January after he was hacked to death by a rival miner following a dispute over gold ore. From the information that I got from his compatriots, he refused to hand over to MaShurugwi a sack of gold ore that he had toiled for over two days while underground, he said.
The town is located on a mineralrich Archaean greenstone belt, known in this area as the Selukwe Schist Belt, making it one of the most mineralrich towns in the country. Chromite, gold and nickel are all mined around Shurugwi. The town is also located on one of the most beautiful places in Zimbabwe, Wolfshall Pass, commonly known as Boterekwa due to the winding of the road as it negotiates its way up and between mountains. This is very similar to the pass close to Louis Trichardt in South Africa since both were constructed by an Italian firm, the difference only being that there are tunnels in
A Shurugwi based gold mine laborer was brutally murdered whilst his colleague suffered lifethreatening injuries after they were abducted and savagely assaulted by unknown assailants suspected to have been hired by their employer. The artisanal miners, Fabian Mabungu and Lenny Hwehwe are alleged to have recorded a shortfall of 70 grams of gold during their
In artisanal and smallscale gold mining (ASGM) the toxic metal mercury is used for gold extraction. The objective of this crosssectional study was to assess mercury concentrations in urine and blood and mercuryrelated symptoms of participants identifying themselves as miners from Kadoma and Shurugwi
Can anything good come out of Shurugwi SHURUGWI Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi was in Shurugwi last week where he officially opened and blessed a service station owned by a young church member who started off as an illegal MaShurugwi gold miner before literally striking gold in the mineral rich Midlands mining town.
Gold Tebekwe Shurugwi. The Mine has a total of 17 blocks of Gold Reef, 7 blocks of Gold Dumps and 1 block of Chrome. These blocks measure approximately 250 hectares with a strike of 2.8 kilometers. Tebekwe has, indicated by diamond drilling and underground development, the potential of 1,200,000 tons of ore at 5 grams/ton, an inferred
Machetewielding illegal gold panders infamously known as quot;Mashurugwiquot; are wreaking havoc in artisanal mining compounds, terrorising settlers and farmers in parts of Mazowe and Guruve. Mashurugwi is a title derived from Shurugwi the mining town where the menacing thugs reportedly began their activities; the group knows no bounds and
Gold Tebekwe Shurugwi. Geologically the Tebekwe valley has the richest gold production in the world of the greenstone gold formation. Assay results conducted by several groups since 1934 have also shown the viability of Tebekwe mine. The Mine has a total of 17 blocks of Gold Reef, 7 blocks of Gold Dumps and 1 block of Chrome.
The gold miner which is the countrys biggest producer with four mining assets under its portfolio has managed to keep its nose under the water despite challenges threatening its existence. Despite mineral prices slump during the whole of 2017, the miner managed to commission several projects chief among them, the Sands Retreatment plant at Mazowe mine.
Gold Tebekwe Shurugwi. The Mine has a total of 17 blocks of Gold Reef, 7 blocks of Gold Dumps and 1 block of Chrome. These blocks measure approximately 250 hectares with a strike of 2.8 kilometers. Tebekwe has, indicated by diamond drilling and underground development, the potential of 1,200,000 tons of ore at 5 grams/ton, an inferred
A GOLD miner in Shurugwi, Midlands Province, had his workers tortured after they recorded a shortfall in gold which they were smelting, leading to one of them dying after being admitted to Gweru Provincial Hospital. Their employer (name withheld) who was not immediately available for comment is alleged to have hired some people who kidnapped
Mar 03, 20200183;32;Shurugwi MineBoss murders employee after torturing him for two days. The artisanal miners, Fabian Mabungu and Lenny Hwehwe are alleged to have recorded a shortfall of 70 grams of gold during their shift. This did not settle well with their employer (name withheld) who suspected them of thievery and hired thugs to extract information from
Can anything good come out of Shurugwi SHURUGWI Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi was in Shurugwi last week where he officially opened and blessed a service station owned by a young church member who started off as an illegal MaShurugwi gold miner before literally striking gold in the mineral rich Midlands mining town.
Falcon Gold Zimbabwe Limited is a gold mining and exploration company in Zimbabwe. The company formerly owned Dalny mine in Chakari, Venice Mine in Kadoma and Golden Quarry mine in Shurugwi. Founded in 1991, Falcon Gold Zimbabwe is a subsidiary of New Dawn Mining Group. New Dawn Mining Corp involved in the exploration, development, extraction
Aug 27, 20190183;32;The actors are known as the MaShurugwi simply because they come from Shurugwi, a rich gold mining town in the Midlands province. The humidity is overwhelming and you can smell the stench of dozens of men who have already spent uncountable days and nights underground, inside one of hundreds of gold mines deep in the jungle in Zimbabwe.
Shurugwi Mine Boss Murders Worker. Image Credit Kukurigo. iHarare has learnt from the state media that the two mineworkers who were employed at a mining claim in Shurugwi were kidnapped on Tuesday and released on Thursday. Soon after their release, their relatives took them to Gweru Provincial Hospital where Mabhungu died on Sunday.
GWERU A miner tied to a tree and severely tortured by his boss for allegedly stealing gold died on Sunday, four days after he was returned to his family barely clinging to life. Fabian Mabhungu, 24, was abducted together with his friend Lenny Hwehwe, 25, after their boss only named as Dread claimed they had declared gold with a shortfall of 70 grams worth US$3,400 at a mine in Shurugwi.
The core of the gang are veteran gold panners out of Shurugwi, who believe they are the godfathers of all sorts of illegal mining. If rich deposits of gold or diamond are discovered in any part of Zimbabwe, they immediately deploy their members to strongarm their way in and control the illegal mining in those areas as much as possible.