Around late 19th century the British Business mogul and imperialist Cecil John Rhodes have interests in mining on the land between Zambezi and Limpopo rivers after he perceives that in this plateau there is a lot of gold like in South Africa.
After Rhodes sent his concession team to persuade the then powerful king Lobengula to give them permission to do mining in the Mashonaland. Rhodes identified that there is no suficient minerals ,but the land is suitable for other enterprises such as farming.
The Shona and Ndebele people later realised that the Whites are not their saviours but rather colonisers of their land.The land struggle dates back from this era until today Zimbabwe politics is still centred on land question.
However Zimbabwe's mining sector has a lot of mineral reserves which range from Diamond,Gold,Iron,Chrome,Coal,Platinum,Methane,Copper and many others according the the ministry of mines through chambers of mines.
Mining sector in mineral exploitation in Zimbabwe is at its infancy and this is the sector without any doubt require foreign investiment due to its need of large capital outlay.
Zimbabwe is a world mineral power house through continuous discovery of minerals such as diamonds.
Other minerals confirmed by Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines to be of huge deposits are Gold,Platinum,coal,methane,copper,nickel,chromites and iron ore.
Zimbabwe has a wide variety of economically viable minerals and besides the above minerals in every province there is other economical viable minerals such lithium,asbestos,chrome and high quality emeralds.
Despite the global recession and depressed prices for minerals based on the international market,there is increasing confidence in Zimbabwe 's mining industry.,especially taking into account the upsurge in exploitation and its off-shore investment.
Growing interest in mineral exploration seems to be as a result of measures taken by government to improve the investment climate,including remittance through adoption of multi-currency,removal of price controls and the liberalisation of labour regulations.
The country reserves of mineral through taking its current rates of exploitation and the discovered reserves are Platinum 1200 years,methane not yet exploited, no one is investing in copper,chromites 1300 years,iron ore 100 000,diamonds still at its infancy and gold 650 000 years .
All this rough estimates already conclude that Zimbabwe is the best option to improve its economy through mining.
For those who need to take this opportunity and invest in Zimbabwean mining sector the official and reliable point of contact is the Zimbabwe investment centre and Zimbabwe chamber on mines. Opportunities range from joint ventures with other small ,medium and large mining companies or partnered with the government which of the mining claims through its regulatory body.
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