· The mine is located in the SouthEast of Zimbabwe in Nyajena communal lands, approximately 75km southeast of Masvingo. Rio's flagship mine is Cam and Motor Mine located 130km southwest of Harare, 10km to the east of Kadoma, at Eiffel Flats on the site of the former Cam and Motor Mine.

 · Chinese miner Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt (Huayou) is set to invest $300m at the recently purchased Arcadia hard-rock lithium mine in Zimbabwe, reported Reuters. This investment will be used to develop the mine and build a processing plant at the project, the news agency stated citing company documents.

 · Premier's Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Project ("Zulu Project") is located 80km from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. The project is generally regarded as potentially the largest undeveloped lithium bearing pegmatite in Zimbabwe. Zulu comprises 14 mineral claims covering a surface area of 3.5 km2 which are prospective for lithium and tantalum …

 · Only 4 companies approved to explore and mine diamonds – Zimbabwe National Diamond Policy; June 5, 2019 Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe (CoMZ) elects president; December 3, 2019 Chinese investor hoards 145 gold claims; August 28, 2019 GOLD MINE WANTED TO BUY IN ZIMBABWE; December 1, 2019 Vast Resources …

 · Zimbabwe possesses Africa's largest lithium reserves and the fifth largest globally but the resource has remained largely untapped due to a lack of investment. Lithium ion batteries are commonly used in the EV manufacturing industry and in lithium batteries for electric devices as well as solar panels to store excess solar energy.

 · Zimbabwe already ranks as the fifth largest producer of lithium concentrate, albeit from a single mine. Bikita Minerals, in the south of the country, has been in production for more than 50 years, producing lithium feedstock, mostly for the ceramics industry. Now, with worldwide demand for lithium at an all-time high, others are looking to get in.

Bikita Minerals, situated in the Bikita hills of Masvingo province in Zimbabwe, has been an active mining site for around 100 years. For over 50 years, the mining and extraction of lithium minerals has been at the centre of Bikita Minerals' activities.Today, Bikita Minerals is the World's foremost supplier of the lithium mineral Petalite.

 · the Chamber of Mines of the Zimbabwe Incorporation (Private) Act [Chapter 21:02] – provides for the incorporation of the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe, and for the dissolution of the previous entity, which was the Rhodesia Chamber of Mines. The Chamber of Mines represents the interests of the entire mining industry;

 · HARARE, Dec 22 (Reuters) - China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt (603799.SS) said on Wednesday it would pay a total $422 million to acquire the Arcadia hard-rock lithium mine in Zimbabwe. The move...

Bikita has reserves of 10.8-11 million tonnes of lithium ore grading 1.4% (equivalent to about 150,000 tons of pure lithium reserves), representing 65% of Zimbabwe's total lithium reserves in 2019 [1] [5]. BM has been mining and marketing over 60,000 tons of lithium and caesium ore per year for the past 60 years.

 · In a recent online event on the future of lithium mining in Zimbabwe, one Zimbabwean activist was worried that 'lithium would rather become a curse and only benefit few people'. The country has been struggling with transparency and natural resource governance, the activist explained, and 'mining without good regulation has already …

 · The Arcadia Prospect Lithium Mineproject in Goromonzi is progressing well, with the company expected to start construction of a pilot plant soon. The company's management told a government delegation …

 · Huayou Cobalt bought the Arcadia hard-rock lithium mine from Australian-listed Prospect Resources and Zimbabwean minority stakes in December for US$422 million. The battery maker said it was...

The open-pit project, regarded as one of the world's biggest hard rock lithium resources, was granted the National Project status by the Zimbabwe Government in October 2017. PLZ anticipates producing an average of …

 · Located in the Bikita hills of Masvingo province in Zimbabwe, the mine was recently acquired by Sinomine for $180m. The mine has been in operation since 1950. …

 · Arcadia Lithium Project is located near Harare in Zimbabwe. Image courtesy of Prospect Resources. The Arcadia lithium project is open-pit mine located 38km from Harare, Zimbabwe. It is owned and operated by Prospect Resources, an Australian mining company. The mine is estimated to hold proven and probable reserves of 29.8Mt grading 1.31% Li …

 · Zulu Lithium is believed to hold a 20.1 million-tonne resource base, with a grading 1.06% lithium oxide, considered a good grade by industry experts. A scoping study …

 · Zimbabwe will pocket only US$30 million in taxes. In January this year, Sinomine Resource Group Co Ltd announced, through its Hong Kong-listed unit, that it would be buying shareholding in African Metals Management Services and Southern African Metals and Minerals, the firms that control 74% shareholding in Bikita Minerals.

 · HARARE, Dec 22 (Reuters) - China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt (603799.SS) said on Wednesday it would pay a total $422 million to acquire the Arcadia hard-rock …

Zimbabwe Lithium is a development company with an experienced executive mining team, complemented by financial and capital markets experts. The company is focused on …

 · Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt announced in a statement this week that it would pay a total of 422 million U.S. dollars to acquire the Prospect Resources-owned Arcadia Lithium Mine, about 40 km east of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

 · Trucks at Bikita lithium mine: Zimbabwe hoping to become a major lithium producer March 2022: British company Galileo starts exploration. UK resources investor Galileo Resources starts exploring for lithium and gold in Zimbabwe after being granted the option to acquire 51% of a local prospecting firm.

 · Bikita Minerals Lithium mine in the Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe Bikita Minerals has been running since 1950 one of the largest lithium mines in Zimbabwe, profiting local and international elites at the expanse of the local communities and the government through pollutions, women abuse and illicit financial flows AR CN EN ES FR IT TR Description:

 · In 2019, the Zimbabwean government set an ambitious target to more than quadruple the mining sector's revenue to US$12 billion by 2023. Further, it estimates it will earn US$500 million from...

 · China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt has agreed to acquire a stake in the Arcadia hard-rock lithium mine in Zimbabwe from Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe for $422m.. Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe is 87% owned by Australia's battery minerals company Prospect Resources.. Additionally, Zimbabwean professor Kingston Kajese owns 6% stake and …

 · At present, Zimbabwe's mining industry is dominated by platinum and diamonds, and lithium will become one of the country's major mining industries soon.

 · 'Govt blocks small-scale miners from lithium fields' 11 November 2022. GOVERNMENT has barred artisanal miners and lithium buyers who had thronged the …

 · Also last year, Shenzhen-listed lithium materials producer Chengxin Lithium Group spent US$77 million on a deal including mining rights in the largely unexplored …

 · The consolidation led to some international firms exiting the diamond sector, though some were later invited and returned. According to the African Mining Market, Zimbabwe's lithium deposits are the largest in Africa, and the country will become one of the world's largest lithium exporters due to growing world demand for rechargeable batteries.

 · The Arcadia lithium project located near Harare, Zimbabwe, is considered to be one of the world's biggest hard rock lithium resources. Prospect Resources fully owns …

 · Zimbabwe's mining industry, until now based mostly on platinum and diamonds, will soon count lithium as one of its key sub-sectors, as the country has struck a deal with an South African...

 · CHINESE firms have invested US$570 million into Zimbabwe's lithium mines in the past three months, as they intensify their push to control the lithium value chain. Chinese companies are making serious inroads into Zimbabwe's mining sector, to feed into their battery production industry, which has seen steeper demand since electric vehicle ...