Zimbabwe mining news

Capital13 Oct 2026

Mining revenue reaches US$9.93bn in the first nine months

Mineral sales and gold deliveries together brought in an estimated US$9.93 billion between January and September, close to double the US$5 billion the same months produced last year. Gold accounted for 52% of the total at about US$5.2 billion, rising quarter on quarter from US$1.46 billion to US$1.74 billion to US$1.99 billion. Non-gold mineral sales handled by the MMCZ made up the remaining US$4.74 billion.

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  GoldAnalysis18 Oct 2026

  September gold dips 7.9% as small-scale deliveries fall, but third-quarter deliveries rise 19.8%

  Gold deliveries fell 7.9% to 4,715 kg in September as small-scale volumes slipped 14.6%. Third-quarter deliveries still rose 19.8% to 14.48 tonnes, almost all of it from small-scale miners.

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  TenureAnalysis18 Oct 2026

  Farm title or mining claim? What buyers of ground under farmland need to check

  Owning a farm does not mean owning the minerals under it, but a mining certificate is not a key to every gate either. Before buying a claim on farmland, check the title, the access and the compensation position.

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  LithiumAnalysis18 Oct 2026

  Lithium passes platinum metals in MMCZ sales as nine-month total doubles to US$4.74bn

  MMCZ-marketed sales more than doubled to US$4.74bn in nine months, and lithium (US$2.16bn) overtook PGMs (US$1.73bn). Spodumene's average value nearly quadrupled ahead of the January 2027 concentrate export ban.

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  Gold13 Oct 2026

  September gold deliveries fall 7.9% as small-scale output slips

  Fidelity took in 4,715.46 kg of gold in September, down from 5,119.20 kg in August but still 86% above the same month last year. Small-scale miners delivered 3,398.32 kg, down 14.6% on the month and 3.4% on the year, while large-scale producers rose 15.5% to 1,317.14 kg. Small-scale output still accounts for 72.1% of national deliveries, and the 50-tonne annual target now rests on a strong fourth quarter.

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  Gold13 Oct 2026

  Caledonia files technical reports ahead of Blanket reserve update

  Caledonia has lodged NI 43-101 reports on SEDAR+ supporting its August resource estimates for Blanket and Motapa. Blanket's underground measured and indicated resources rose 22% to 2.178 million ounces from 17.7 million tonnes at 3.83 g/t, alongside a maiden surface resource of 30,000 ounces indicated. Motapa's first resource stands at 379,000 ounces measured and indicated. A life-of-mine plan and an updated Blanket reserve are expected before year end.

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  Tenure13 Oct 2026

  Your farm, my claim: who controls the ground when rights collide

  A Chegutu farm dispute has put the old question back in front of the courts - what happens when a registered mining claim sits on land somebody else farms. Mineral rights and surface rights are held separately in Zimbabwe, and the gap between them is where most claim disputes start. Worth reading before you buy ground that someone is already working.

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  Gold12 Oct 2026

  Namib Minerals lifts How Mine milling capacity by 36%

  The expanded milling plant at How Mine has been commissioned, taking monthly throughput from about 40,500 tonnes to 55,000 tonnes. Namib Minerals is ramping up now and targets full capacity by December, which on current grades would support an annualised rate above 30,000 ounces of gold. The company has also drawn a US$6.5 million term loan from BancABC towards the Redwing restart, where first gold is targeted for January 2027.

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  Lithium12 Oct 2026

  Bikita pulls 300 kg of tantalite concentrate a day from old tailings

  Bikita Minerals is recovering about 300 kg of tantalite concentrate daily from dumps left by earlier processing runs, according to assistant general manager Thomas Mufumi. The same dumps still hold spodumene and pollucite that earlier circuits did not take out. The operation runs a second plant dedicated to dump material, with a cesium flotation circuit in place and a dedicated tantalite-niobium plant planned.

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  Policy12 Oct 2026

  MMCZ steps up Forbes Border Post checks to curb mineral leakage

  The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe has tightened inspection of mineral consignments crossing at Forbes Border Post, part of a wider push against undeclared shipments. Anyone moving concentrate or ore through Mutare should expect longer clearance and closer scrutiny of paperwork.

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