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Zimbabwe
Shamva Mine

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 Location:
79 km NE from Harare, Zimbabwe

  Address:
Section 13-25, Mhunumutapa Farm, Chitunha Road
Shamva
Zimbabwe
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Sub-level stoping
Production Start...
Mine Life33 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.


Owners

Source: p. 6
CompanyInterestOwnership
Kuvimba Mining House (Pvt) Ltd. 100 % Indirect
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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Deposit Type

  • Hydrothermal


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.


Mining Methods

  • Sub-level stoping


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:

CommodityUnits2021 *20162015
Gold koz  ......  Subscription required *2125
* Average annual production reported in 2021

Operational Metrics:

Metrics20162014
Annual milling capacity 396 kt396 kt

Reserves at June 30, 2016:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
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
Indicated 11,068 kt Gold 2.39 g/t 851 koz
Measured & Indicated 13,060 kt Gold 2.42 g/t 1,014 koz
Total Resource 41,501 kt Gold 1.97 g/t 2,623 koz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits2016
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Gold USD 1,244 / oz  
C1 cash costs Gold USD 1,085 / oz  
All-in costs Gold USD



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Mine Management:

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Staff:

Total WorkforceYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Other 2022
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Corporate Presentation 2017
Press Release 2017
Corporate Presentation 2015
Other 2015
Corporate Presentation 2014
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