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The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has accused miners of hiding mineral discoveries and fleecing the economy of billions of dollars.
The government has now introduced stringent measures and frequent inspections including a ban on the issuance of mining titles until further notice for diamonds, copper, lithium, nickel and rare earth minerals citing an unusual increase in applications for claims.
The ministry had found that some miners have not been declaring the discovery of different minerals at their mines, NewsDay reported citing an internal circular penned by Mines ministry secretary Pfungwa Kunaka and addressed to 10 directors in government departments.
The circular was also copied to Mines minister Winston Chitando. Reads the circular dated December 19, 2022:
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This non-declaration has led to prejudice to the growth of the mining sector economy as in some instances high value minerals are involved.
Accordingly, you are hereby directed to ensure that on applications for inspection certificates, the applicants submit a declaration of the amount of work carried out as well as a declaration of minerals contained in the ore body being mined. This should be backed by an assay certificate issued by an approved laboratory.
Further, we have of late seen a flooding of applications for mining titles for minerals which have been deemed strategic in the upcoming Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill. It has thus become necessary that in the national interest, we temporarily stop acceptance and processing of applications for mining titles for the following minerals until further notice: diamonds, copper, lithium, nickel (and) rare earth minerals.
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Kunaka said frequent inspections would be done, while officials would be required to submit monthly reports effective from December 19, 2022.
Mines deputy minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Polite_Kambamura">Polite Kambura</a> said the decision on diamonds, nickel, copper, lithium and rare earth minerals was in line with the government’s long-term strategy to have State control in the exploitation of the minerals.
On Tuesday, the government announced through Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022, cited as the Base Minerals Export Control (Unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores) Order, 2022, <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/zimbabwe-bans-export-of-raw-lithium/">that the export of raw lithium has been banned.</a>
The move is meant to encourage the exportation of beneficiated products.
Zimbabwe is estimated to hold Africa’s largest lithium reserves and is the fifth largest in the world.
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Govt Accuses Miners Of Hiding Mineral Discoveries, Fleecing The Economy Of Billions Of Dollars

Zimbabwe’s Mines and Mining Development Minister, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Winston_Chitando">Winston Chitando</a> has said the mining sector raked in US$6 billion from exports since January 2022.
The country has targeted to generate US$8 billion by year-end.
In an interview with <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/mining-boom-%e2%80%a2-sector-earns-us6bn-since-january">The Sunday Mail</a>, minister Chitando said the U$$12 billion milestone was well in sight. He is quoted as saying:
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On account of what we have achieved so far, you can see that the US$12 billion milestone is within reach. We have attained revenues of US$6 billion this year and this means our target of US$8 billion by the end of the year is achievable.
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<h2>The strategy:</h2>
1). Minister Chitando said one of the strategies that Government will implement to boost production in mining is to support youths adding that the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development had allocated an initial US$10 million for youth in mining projects, particularly in the gold sector.
Under the initiative, Government will facilitate the setting up of gold centres for youths to provide one-stop processing facilities for artisanal miners, including gold milling and metallurgical services.
Furthermore, authorities will assist youths to get mining claims.
2). Minister Chitando also said the Mines ministry has solid plans for value addition and beneficiation of minerals.
<h2>Major contributors:</h2>
Platinum, gold, diamonds and lithium are among the major minerals that have anchored growth in the sector this year.
Zimbabwe intends to generate US$4 billion from gold by next year. As of June, the country’s gold deliveries were up by 60 per cent compared to what was delivered last year.
This year, Zimbabwe is on course to produce more than 10 million carats of diamonds.
Several lithium projects are taking shape in the country, with the sought-after mineral expected to contribute at least US$500 million to the US$12 billion milestone.
Meanwhile, government critics say while Zimbabwe is endowed with vast natural resources and is host to more than 40 different minerals in the categories of precious metals, base metals, industrial metals and gemstones, the resources are only benefiting political elites.
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"Zimbabwe's Mining Sector Raked In US$6 billion Since January," Mines Minister Chitando

Two top officials at the Mines and Mining Development ministry in Mashonaland East province were yesterday arraigned before the courts for <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/02/28/zacc-arrests-four-ministry-of-mines-officials/">criminal abuse of office charges</a> after they allocated mining claims without following procedure.
Godfrey Dadirai (40), a geologist, and Racheal Nkomo (29), a survey technician, were both remanded out of custody on $20 000 bail each by Marondera magistrate Rumbidzai Munemo.
They will return to court on March 11 for trial.
The state alleges that in February 2019, Zimbabwe International Quarries Company submitted an application to the Mines ministry to register mining claims in ward 8, Mutawatawa, under prospecting licences 031157-60 to extract black granite.
The application was referred to the two accused persons for verification.
On April 16, Nkomo compiled a report which she addressed to the provincial mining director (PMD) stating that she had no objections to the registration of the mining claims.
On June 7 the same year, Dadirai also compiled his report, which he forwarded to the PMD highlighting that he had done the verification exercise and recommended that the applicant be awarded a certificate of registration.
Investigations by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) unearthed that the land in question was occupied by villagers and was not open to pegging and prospecting.
It was also established that there was no written consent obtained from Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe Zvataida Rural District Council.
Two other Mines ministry officers Tizah Mandava (31) and Zvinodaishe Mubariri (30) were also arrested for criminal abuse of office for illegally allocating black granite claims in UMP.
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/03/mines-scandal-more-officials-in-court/">NewsDay Zimbabwe</a>

Mines Scandal: Officials Appear In Court For Abuse Of Ofice

A Chegutu-based gold miner Mambo Jenami has said that he was involved in an accident that saw him bound to the wheelchair for about three years.
He told the Standard that during that period, he failed to pay statutory fees for the mine and when he finally recovered, he approached Ministry of Mines and Mining Development offices only to learn that his mine had been given to someone else.
Jenami said that, surprisingly, no one had come to the mine to claim it adding that no inspection had been done to prove that someone was now using it. He lamented:
<blockquote>I lost my marriage, I lost income, I lost everything and now it’s the claim itself, which I have invested heavily in, including hammer mills, which I bought but never used.</blockquote>
The Chief Executive Officer of the Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation (ZMF), Wellington Takavarasha, said that those statutory fees are supposed to be paid by all miners adding that the organisation was trying to assist Jenami “from a humanitarian point of view” to recover his mine.
Gold is one of Zimbabwe’s top earners of foreign currency and is, under the strategic road map for the mining sector launched by president Mnangagwa in 2019, expected to contribute US$4 billion.
More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/">The Standard</a>

Gold Miner Loses Mine Following A Life-Threatening Accident

The Minister of Mines and Minerals Development Winston Chitando has projected that platinum will contribute US$3 billion towards the US$12 billion mining production target set by President Mnangagwa. 
He made the remarks yesterday after he, together with Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube toured the new platinum mine being developed by Great Dyke Investments at Mwendamberi. He said:
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Platinum is earmarked to contribute US$3 billion, an amount based on optimisation programmes of the current three producing mines — Zimplats, Unki and Mimosa. 

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The Minister said that developments at the new mine suggest that mining operations will probably start this year as scheduled. A <a href="https://miningzimbabwe.com/zim-platinum-output-decreases/">2019 study</a>, however, observed that Zimbabwe’s platinum output slipped two percent to 10 000 ounces during the fourth quarter of 2018 due to work in progress material processing in 2017. 

In October 2019, President Mnangagwa launched a strategic roadmap to the achievement of a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023. The sector is already contributing about 70 percent of the country’s foreign currency earnings. 

Chitando’s remarks come when there are reports suggesting that <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/04/27/military-chiefs-and-political-elites-siphoning-billions-of-uss-from-chiadzwa-zcdc-insider/">army chiefs and political elites in the country are looting diamonds from Chiadzwa.</a>
Analysts say the country has resources graduate into a middle-level-income by 2030 adding that efforts to achieve that are being hamstrung by bad governance in the country.

Govt Projects US$3 Billion Earnings From Platinum

The Sunday News has reported that at least 20 miners have been trapped underground after a shaft collapsed at Globe and Phoenix mine in Kwekwe on Wednesday night.
The publication reports that officials at the mine said that they only discovered about the incident on Thursday morning as the 20 miners who were on night shift did not turn up to knock off at around 6 am.
The incident was confirmed by Kwekwe District Development Coordinator who is also Civil Protection Unit Chair, Mr Fortune Mpungu who said:
<blockquote>Yes we received the news about the unfortunate incident a few hours ago and we a running around coordinating a rescue mission.</blockquote>
The Herald reports that the trapped miners were conducting illegal mining activities after official operations were stopped in 2007 following a directive by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA).
The number of local mines which collapse usually increase during the rainy season.
More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/mine-shaft-collapse-traps-20-miners/?__cf_chl_captcha_tk__=ddbb99da64b8d9d68d1e7b34e962c48bf1ba78d7-1581005533-0-Ac9fZ-zw360h59MM3iOL4ckVtX7EpjgnW27f-wpa75UCUkcM6gcWAM75mP_Yr0lXz4l1KKCKT5lImgi0vR74tGhyzZvUwMvrmb44z1quMMf25ZAAf1y1oQw5PxhGjXHPxlz4ZPkytkuTpkaW1NEhhgegGUrNcjMP4JnkDwoKmU8LzZIqrscwyn04Izi59iVaXHiDbkEIJNOh4exKxNIe-yLuZ-z0At-DUw0Of-q3QnHn-qr61XDus8O9Sj2BJjaOcvuQZ6vjkjSYFH5kwxogSR6XPHwVjY-wYw5zWY_tnkuU5DRhyzI3-pihxseH1lVEf39OIjxRyRjxEfyH4SflnykcAbKbUskSXSPCrqgv1UMs">Sunday News</a>

UPDATE: At Least 20 Miners Trapped Underground As Mine Shaft Collapses, 2 Confirmed Dead

Former Mines Minister, Obert Mpofu who is the ruling ZANU PF Secretary for Administration has said that Zimbabwe has what it takes to be a better country. He was speaking to Daily News reporter Fungi Kwaramba during an interview during which he alleged that the closure of diamond companies and bad governance contributed to the poor performance of the country’s mining sector. Below are excerpts from the interview.
<blockquote>KWARAMBA: In your opinion, what caused the dramatic fall?
MPOFU: (Diamond) companies were closed down, rightly or wrongly, they were closed. Those were companies that were earning foreign currency on the basis of our resources but because I think it was mostly mismanagement which was allowed to take place in those companies, the government thought it was wise to close the companies. But I personally think that was not the best move.
We should have improved on the management of the companies. From that time, there was total collapse of our foreign exports returns, a company (ZMDC) was set up but I think it even got worse, now it is a challenge.
We have resources in this country to run our operations. We don’t need anyone, we can sustain ourselves with our platinum, with our gold, with our coal, with our lithium, we have all these resources and I am surprised that we are suffering as a country.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/10/20/we-are-not-happy-with-state-of-economy">Daily News</a>

"We've Everything Required To Run This Country," - Obert Mpofu

Former Mines Minister, Obert Mpofu has dismissed as “insults”, the allegations that he looted the countries resources during his time as minister. He told Daily News reporter, Fungi Kwaramba during an interview that contrary to popular belief that he would block the anti-corruption drive, he had actually invited investigations. Below are excerpts from the interview:
<blockquote>Kwaramba: Some have said the fight against corruption won’t amount to much unless you are investigated?
Mpofu: I am clean, I have invited investigations. I have never and will never take anything from anybody. What I have, I worked for and it is an insult, especially to be told by a nonentity, someone who has never managed a tuck-shop that I am corrupt. What do I need to corrupt anybody? If anything, I would be corrupting people.
Kwaramba: But people point at your time as minister of Mines and Mining Development when the country discovered diamonds in Chiadzwa, was it the time you got rich?
Mpofu: I think that is the best time that the country ever had, between 2009 and 2013. But people who want to see us fail think of the negative, look at the economic growth, it shot to two-figure digits, I am proud.
I don’t regret it and I am waiting to see someone surpass what I achieved. Before 2009, there was nothing in mining and after 2013 it just went down. The graph is going down, but when I was minister, the graph was going up and I don’t see us achieving that in the near future. When you achieve something in Zimbabwe, you become a target, an enemy of the reactionaries.
I am not amused by the allegations, but I don’t regret the decisions that I have taken in my life because I made those decisions consciously. If there is anybody who thinks that I have done something that is not professional, they should go to the police.
But let us not trivialise issues by listening to people who have never employed anyone in their lives. We don’t condone corruption because it denies people of their rights and repels investment. But if you look at the investments that are in this country, they were brought by me, the mining companies. When I was in industries, look at the companies, the majority were brought by me and I am challenging anyone to dispute that.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/10/20/we-are-not-happy-with-state-of-economy">Read the full interview from the Daily News</a>
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Obert Mpofu Speaks On His Wealth

The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development said the purchase of vehicles by top officials was above board.
The officials were accused of purchasing several top of the range vehicles for next to nothing. According to documents seen by The Herald, the nine directors from the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development bought the vehicles with the approval of the Civil Service Commission after duly complying with all the necessary procedural requirements.
The nine directors were Mr Morgan Makina, Mr Thomas Singizi, Mrs Jacqueline Munyonga, Mr Dzidzisai Maenzanise, Mr Forbes Magumbate, Mr John Makandwa, Dr Temba Mabasa Hawadi and Mr Julius Moyo, who all bought Mazda B T50 vehicles while Mr Malcom Mazemo bought an Isuzu KB250. The nine were joined by a retired principal director Mr Valentine Vera who also purchased his vehicle in September last year for $1 500 from CMED. The costs were pegged at $1 500 by CMED and the vehicles mileage ranged between 109 540 and 146 839 km. A memorandum from the Mines Ministry reads:
<blockquote>The above directors were allowed to purchase Personal Issue Vehicles before the end of the stipulated five years because of the change in Policy. Personal Issue Vehicles Scheme for directors and equivalent grades: Service Wide was abolished and a new Vehicle Loan Scheme for principal directors, directors, deputy directors and equivalent grades in the Public Service was established through Treasury Circular A/102/18 dated 18 April 2018,” reads a memorandum from the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development. The transactions were approved by PSC and the valuation of the Personal Issue Vehicles was done by CMED in terms of Government Policy on valuation of conditions of service. The disposal of the vehicles to the directors was part of their condition of service and job benefits and the valuation of conditions of service vehicles is not done using the prevailing market value of the vehicles.</blockquote>
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Purchase Of Vehicles By Officials Above Board- Mines Ministry

Member of Parliament for Norton Constituency, Temba Mliswa (Independent) says that Mines MinisterWinston  Chitando is a huge disappointment. Writing on social media on Friday, Mliswa said:
<blockquote>Hiding behind the name of ED Mnangagwa to do things or get away with things must end! Personally, I’ve been very disappointed by the new Mines Minister who I thought with his professional background would do wonders. However, it appears we’re worse off.
Equally the new Permanent Secretary doesn’t compare with Munodawafa’s meticulous professionalism. The Permanent Secretary is the driving force and if I had my way I’d appoint Tongai Muzenda as the Mines Permanent Secretary rather than General Manager of MMCZ as the mining sector is one of the biggest GDP contributors.
How does the mining sector contribute effectively with all the corruption allegations dogging the sector and the Minister and with a Permanent Secretary who has their powers usurped by Directors? It’s horrific and ED Mnangagwa will see what I’m talking about in time. The result is big deals that mean zero.</blockquote>
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