Overview
| Stage | Production |
| Mine Type | Underground |
| Commodities |
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| Mining Method |
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| Production Start | ...  |
| Mine Life | 33 years (as of Jan 1, 2021) |
Shamva Underground Gold Mine reopened in April 2020 since closure in January 2019.
Creating an open-pit mine at Shamva:
Exploration was completed in 2021 with the project set to produce 250 kg of gold per month in addition to the current production of 900 kg per annum (75 kg of gold per month).
Plant and Mine Construction to commence in February 2022.
Shamva Gold Mine benefits:
Ore production expected to meet the design capacity of the mine of 30 000 tonnes of gold ore per month. |
Source:
p. 6
The government holds a 65% stake in Kuvimba Mining House (Pvt) Ltd., which bought Shamva mine from Metallon in 2020 as part of a rush of mine asset acquisitions.
Kuvimba Mining House (Pvt) Ltd. was created and registered in September 2020 and is 65% owned by the government with the remainder belonging to Ziwa Investments, another privately registered Zimbabwean company.
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Summary:
Shamva Mine is situated in the Shamva greenstone belt and exploits numerous orebodies which occur within a 300- to 400-m wide Riedel-type shear system. The sub-vertical orebodies are indistinguishable from the host rocks. Mineralisation within the orebodies consists predominantly of pyrite (>90%) with minor sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite. Gold is found in contact with the sulphides, often in fractures, and varies significantly in grain size with visible gold commonly intersected in development and underground drilling. Silver occurs with the gold and represents some 50% of gold content.
Simplified Deposit Type - Hydrothermal.
Summary:
Hoisting capacity is 45ktpm. The average mined grade is 3g/t Au.
The 300hp hoist carried 20 people at a go, has a rope circumference of 29mm, length of 700metres and it is going down 480 metres underground to 16 level.
Sub-vertical rock hoist has a 150 horsepower, 2-tonne skip cages, 24mm sized rope.
Sublevel open stoping mining method.
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Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2021 * | 2016 | 2015 |
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Gold
|
koz
| ...... * | 21 | 25 |
* Average annual production reported in 2021
Operational Metrics:
| Metrics | 2016 | 2014 |
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Annual milling capacity
| 396 kt | 396 kt |
Reserves at June 30, 2016:
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained Metal |
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Proven
|
929 kt
|
Gold
|
2.87 g/t
|
86 koz
|
|
Probable
|
3,608 kt
|
Gold
|
2.95 g/t
|
342 koz
|
|
Proven & Probable
|
4,537 kt
|
Gold
|
2.93 g/t
|
428 koz
|
|
Measured
|
1,992 kt
|
Gold
|
2.54 g/t
|
163 koz
|
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Indicated
|
11,068 kt
|
Gold
|
2.39 g/t
|
851 koz
|
|
Measured & Indicated
|
13,060 kt
|
Gold
|
2.42 g/t
|
1,014 koz
|
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Total Resource
|
41,501 kt
|
Gold
|
1.97 g/t
|
2,623 koz
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Commodity Production Costs:
| | Commodity | Units | 2016 |
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All-in sustaining costs (AISC)
|
Gold
|
USD
|
1,244 / oz
|
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C1 cash costs
|
Gold
|
USD
|
1,085 / oz
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All-in costs
|
Gold
|
USD
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