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Zimbabwe

Renco Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Longwall
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SnapshotThe Renco gold mine is unique in that the mineralisation is found within a granulite facies metamorphic terrane.

As of December 2024, plant throughput decreased by 38% compared to processed tonnes from the prior year. The mine is focused on refurbishment of plant structures both underground and the processing plant to improve plant availabilities and efficiencies. The mine has been carrying out extensive exploration and mine development activities to upgrade its vast resources in a bid to have more control on the grade, considering the gradual deterioration in the grades over the years.

As of May 2025, critical services like electricity have been cut off at the Renco Mine due to a debt.

RioZim seeks to put a lasting solution to the power supply challenges at the Renco mine, through provision of adequate and reliable back up power generators, which are essential to reduce plant downtime in times of power cuts.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
RioZim Ltd. 100 % Indirect
The Renco Mine is 100% owned by RioZim Limited.

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.

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

As of December 2024, plant throughput decreased by 38% compared to processed tonnes from the prior year.
CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
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All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.

Operational metrics

Metrics2015
Ore tonnes mined 302,847 t

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

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