https://www.zimbabwemines.com/news/ Zimbabwe mining news — gold, lithium, platinum, chrome and the tenure rules behind them. Every story dated and linked to its source. en Zimbabwe Mines Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 https://www.zimbabwemines.com/og-image.png https://www.zimbabwemines.com/news/ https://miningzimbabwe.com/zimbabwe-gold-export-earnings-hit-us3-36-billion-by-july/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-28:gold-exports-reach-us-3-36-billion-in-the-first-seven-months Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Gold Reserve Bank monthly reviews put gold export earnings at US$3.36bn for January to July, peaking at US$583.4m in June and US$533.9m in July. Gold was 36.3% of all merchandise exports in July, so the ground that feeds Fidelity remains the country's single biggest earner. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/tharisa-moves-300m-karo-funding-closer-to-drawdown/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-28:tharisa-puts-us-300m-karo-bond-into-escrow-first-ore-to-mill Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Platinum Tharisa has escrowed the proceeds of its five-year US$300m Nordic bond after meeting the release conditions, covering most of what is left of Karo's roughly US$545m build. The Great Dyke open pit is designed for about 226,000 ounces of PGMs a year in phase one, with first ore to mill targeted for the fourth quarter of 2027. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/melody-juma-elected-zawima-chairperson/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-26:melody-juma-elected-chairperson-of-the-women-miners-associat Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Small-scale ZAWIMA, which brings together women's mining associations, elected co-founder Melody Juma as chairperson on 26 September, with Nomuhle Ncube as vice chair. The new leadership named finance, formalisation of women-run workings, market access and a seat at decision-making tables as its priorities. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/bikita-breaks-ground-on-tantalite-niobium-recovery-plant/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-25:bikita-breaks-ground-on-a-tantalite-and-niobium-recovery-pla Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Lithium Sinomine Bikita Minerals has started building a plant to pull tantalum, niobium and caesium out of its lithium concentrate, due on line in 2027. Mines Minister Polite Kambamura, at the groundbreaking, said he had come prepared to close the operation had it not been moving on beneficiation. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/bikita-targets-us900-million-in-beneficiation-investment-by-2027/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-25:sinomine-says-bikita-spend-will-pass-us-900-million-by-the-e Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Capital Deputy general manager Thomas Mufumi put investment at US$383m by the end of this year and above US$900m by the end of 2027, covering the US$400m lithium sulphate plant, a second tantalite phase, spodumene flotation up from 2 to 3.3 million tonnes, and a 30MW power plant. Direct employment has gone from 320 in 2022 to 1,407. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/premier-tightens-executive-option-terms-around-zulu-production/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-24:premier-ties-management-options-to-tonnes-out-of-zulu-not-to Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Lithium Premier African Minerals has stripped the time-based route out of its 2.4 billion option award, so directors and management can only exercise eight months after cumulative spodumene output passes 12,000, 24,000, 36,000 and 48,000 tonnes. It is a clear signal that the restart at Zulu, not the timetable, is what now counts. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/premier-extends-canmax-deal-as-zulu-funding-pressure-persists/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-15:premier-african-minerals-gets-until-december-as-zulu-funding Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Lithium Canmax has extended its offtake and prepayment deal with Premier to 31 December 2026, with about US$48.7m of Canmax debt now ranking ahead of group loans. Premier wants the Zulu flotation plant running again by October, aiming for 2,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate a month. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/mash-central-mines-ministry-orders-pre-2001-miners-to-submit-coordinates/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-14:mashonaland-central-pre-2001-claim-holders-must-file-coordin Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Tenure Small and medium-scale miners whose blocks were registered before 2001 have until 2 October to submit survey-grade coordinates, through a claims administrator or the holder. It is part of a cadastre clean-up — and any older block on sale in the province should now come with its coordinates filed. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://www.zimbabwemines.com/news/small-scale-miners-three-quarters-of-gold/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-14:small-miners-now-carry-three-quarters-of-the-gold Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Small-scale August deliveries to Fidelity Gold Refinery reached 5.12 tonnes, and small-scale producers supplied 77.7% of it. This is the market that buys and sells registered claims. Zimbabwe Mines https://www.zimbabwemines.com/news/lithium-sulphate-pegmatite-premium/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-14:sulphate-plant-shifts-the-premium-onto-pegmatite-ground Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Lithium Lithium earned US$746 million in the first half of 2026 — and US$73.2 million of it came from a product Zimbabwe did not make before April. Zimbabwe Mines https://www.zimbabwemines.com/news/mining-cadastre-digitisation-60000-licences/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-14:cadastre-digitisation-moves-on-60-000-licences Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Tenure The Ministry of Mines is replacing paper registration with an electronic cadastre for more than 60,000 mining titles. For buyers, overlap checks should eventually become a lookup. Zimbabwe Mines https://www.zimbabwemines.com/news/tharisa-karo-300m-bond/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-14:tharisa-lands-us-300m-for-karo-as-the-base-stays-narrow Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Capital A US$300 million bond for the Karo Platinum project was priced on 11 September. Non-gold mineral exports rose 84.7% in a year — but on a very narrow base. Zimbabwe Mines https://miningzimbabwe.com/kambamura-joins-global-mining-leaders-at-china-mining-2026/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-11:china-s-vice-premier-holds-up-zimbabwe-lithium-as-a-model-at Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Policy Mines Minister Polite Kambamura led the delegation to the 28th China Mining Conference, where He Lifeng pointed to Bikita Minerals and Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe as examples of the partnership working. Beneficiation, not concentrate, is the message both sides are pushing. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/zimbabwe-platinum-output-hits-quarterly-record-as-global-market-swings-to-surplus/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-09:zimbabwe-platinum-hits-a-quarterly-record-into-a-market-in-s Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Platinum Refined output reached 152,000 oz in Q2 2026, up 11% on a year earlier, helped by a 29,000 oz inventory drawdown at Zimplats. The global market swung to a 244,000 oz surplus, and full-year Zimbabwe output is still forecast slightly lower at 508,000 oz. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/beyond-the-known-mapping-zimbabwes-next-mining-frontier/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-09:nationwide-airborne-survey-planned-to-open-up-under-explored Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Exploration Government plans a national geomagnetic airborne survey and a National Mineral Information System that joins geology, exploration licences and production data. Better public data tends to lift the value of ground in newly flagged areas first. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/zimbabwe-pitches-a-more-investor-ready-mining-sector-at-africa-down-under/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-09-04:in-perth-zimbabwe-pitches-firmer-title-security-and-its-own- Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Policy At Africa Down Under, Deputy Minister Caleb Makwiranzou set out amendments to strengthen licence security, a new Mining Affairs Board to settle disputes, and permission for big projects to build or wheel their own electricity. Coal is now classed as a Special Critical Mineral. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe https://miningzimbabwe.com/bikita-minerals-to-commission-zimbabwes-biggest-lithium-sulphate-plant-this-year/ tag:zimbabwemines.com,2026-07-07:bikita-readies-africa-s-largest-lithium-sulphate-plant-befor Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Lithium The US$400m plant is designed for 100,000 tonnes of lithium sulphate a year, with first-phase commissioning this year — ahead of Zimbabwe's January 2027 ban on exporting unprocessed lithium. Bikita's resource stands at 113 Mt at 1.03% Li2O. Reported by Mining Zimbabwe. Mining Zimbabwe