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Cadastre digitisation moves on 60,000 licences

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.

Mining titles
60,000+
Uploaded by July
~60%
Full launch target
Dec 2026
First proposed
2014

The electronic cadastre records titles against survey-grade coordinates to end duplicate allocations and boundary disputes.

The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is moving Zimbabwe's mining titles — more than 60,000 blocks of claims, special grants, mining leases, exclusive prospecting orders and mining sites — from paper records to an electronic Mining Cadastral Management Information System.1

By July 2026 about 60% of titles had been uploaded, with the full launch targeted for December 2026. The project was first proposed in 2014 and has been delayed several times.2

How much of the register is digital
60%uploaded

Each square is 1% of the 60,000+ mining titles — roughly 600 titles. Gold: uploaded by July 2026. Grey: still to go before the December launch.

Source: Mining Zimbabwe, 1 Jul 2026

Show the numbers
MeasureValue
Mining titles on the register60,000+
Share uploaded (July 2026)about 60%
Titles uploaded (approx.)about 36,000
Full launch targetDecember 2026

The uploaded count is worked out from the two reported figures and is approximate.

The problem it is meant to fix

Claims have been pegged and recorded using paper maps and handheld GPS readings. The result, particularly on the gold belts, has been imprecise boundaries, duplicate allocations of the same ground, and long disputes between holders.1 The new system records titles against survey-grade coordinates. Mines Minister Polite Kambamura says it will "improve competitiveness in the mining industry" through better administration of mining rights.1

Twelve years from proposal to launchDelayed several times; paper maps and handheld GPS readings remained the record in the meantime.
  • Happened
  • Target
  • Today
Today
2014Electronic cadastre first proposed
Jul 2026About 60% of titles uploaded
Dec 2026Full launch target

Source: Mining Zimbabwe, 1 Jul 2026

Show the numbers
WhenWhat
2014First proposed
July 2026About 60% of titles uploaded
December 2026Full launch target

What it changes for buyers and sellers

  • Overlap checks. Today, confirming that a block does not overlap another title means a visit to the Provincial Mining Director's office and a manual search. Once the cadastre is live, that should become a lookup.
  • Old records. Titles with weak paperwork or inaccurate coordinates are likely to be exposed during digitisation. Holders should check their own records now.
  • Not yet a substitute. Until the system is fully launched and publicly searchable, every check in the document chain still has to be done the old way.

Every lot on this register is checked against its certificate of registration and map reference before it is listed.

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