Summary

Mine Type	Open Pit
Status	Active
Commodities	Gold
Mining Method	Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start	...
Mine Life	...
Snapshot	Cam & Motor Mine uses the latest technology in the processing of “stubborn” gold – a biological oxidation plant, the only one in Zimbabwe and the second-largest in Africa. As of 2024, RioZim seeks to put a lasting solution to the power supply challenges at Cam mine, through provision of adequate and reliable back up power generators, which are essential to reduce plant downtime in times of power cuts. In 2024, production halted at Cam & Motor due to persistent mill break downs. Cam operated on one mill throughout the year after the second mill was decommissioned, which constrained plant availability due to reduced milling capacity and lack of redundancy. The installation of a second mill is a priority to restore the mine’s design capacity.

Deposit type

• Vein / narrow vein
• Sandstone hosted
• Magmatic

Summary:

Midlands Greenstone Belt is:
1) the largest of all the Archean Greenstone Belts in Zimbabwe (located at the Centre of Zimbabwe).
2) the most productive gold belt (>400 tonnes Au mined to date) in Zimbabwe and stretches for 150km with average width of 50km (altitude varies from 900-1300m above sea level.

Stretches from Kwekwe to Kadoma, touching the Gweru greenstone belt to the south and the Chegutu greenstone belt to the north.

Midlands Greenstone Belt comprises of the following Litho-stratigraphic units:
a) Rhodesdale Granitoid Gneiss Complex;
b) Greenstone Belt Metavolcanics lithologies (Bulawayan);
c) Shamvaian Sediments;
d) Tonalitic granitoid plutons and other major felsic intrusions.

Motor Deposit Orebody Characteristics:
- General North-South trending;
- Dip 70 degrees west;
- Plunges 65 degrees southwest;
- Average width 15-20m;
- Orebody structurally and lithologically controlled;
- Gold mineralised units include meta-basalts, sandstones, black shale and quartz veins.

Cam and Motor Main Lithological Units:
1. Metavolcanics (Metabasalts, Metadolerites);
2. Metasediments (Sandstones, greywacke, arkose);
3. Black shale sediments with intercalations of sandstone in places;
4. Quartz veins;
5. Ferricretes (grits);
6. Conglomerates.

Mining Methods

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Comminution

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Processing

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Commodity Production

Commodity	Units	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Gold	kg	....	....	....	....	....	738	758	974	856	450

Operational metrics

Personnel

Job Title	Name	Profile	Ref. Date
.......................	.......................		Aug 12, 2025
.......................	.......................		Aug 12, 2025

Employees	Year
......	2022