Overview

Mine Type	Underground
Status	Active
Commodities	Gold
Mining Method	Longwall
Production Start	...
Mine Life	...
Snapshot	The Renco gold mine is situated in Zimbabwe, about 75 km southeast of Masvingo. It is located in the northern marginal zone of Limpopo Mobile Belt, where it intersects with the southeastern margin of the Zimbabwe Craton. The mine is unique in that the mineralisation is found within a granulite facies metamorphic terrane. In H1 2024, Renco mine was focused on the refurbishment of plant structures and various equipment within the plant as equipment breakdowns were persistent. As a result, the plant did not operate efficiently which negatively impacted plant throughput. The mine will continue to focus on plant stabilisation to ensure consistent throughput which will cement the ‘high volume low grade’ strategy which is necessary for Renco to produce optimally.

Deposit type

• Metamorphic

Summary:

Gold (Au) deposits in Zimbabwe are clustered on the Zimbabwean craton and mostly associated with the greenstone belts. These greenstone belts are thought to have formed on the basement of older granitic gneisses and are grouped as the Sebakwian, Bulawayan and Shamvaian groups. The Renco mine and surrounding deposits are not located in the greenstones, but rather on the Limpopo mobile belt. The gold here is, however, thought to have been remobilised during the deformation of the belt from the greenstones.

The Renco mine is the only gold mine not located on a greenstone belt in Zimbabwe – it is located in the Limpopo mobile belt. Gold is thought to have been remobilised from one of the adjacent greenstone belts during this deformation period and deposited in zones of structural weakness at Renco. Four types of reefs have historically been exploited, namely the steep, named after its nearvertical orientation, the orange, green and red reefs, which were arbitrarily given these names to distinguish them. The red, green and orange reefs have a far shallower dip and the red reef has been exploited to the greatest extent.

Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Processing

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Production

Commodity	Units	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Gold	kg	....	....	....	....	556	591	688	712	750

Operational metrics

Personnel

Job Title	Name	Profile	Ref. Date
.......................	.......................		Dec 12, 2024

Employees	Year
......	2009