Two miners panning gravel in a shallow river at sunset Miners walking out past the headgear of a small working at sunset Three miners walking towards the portal of an underground mine An excavator loading a haul truck in a pegmatite open pit Haul trucks on the benches of a deep open pit at sunset A processing plant with conveyors and tanks, crew walking the haul road A conveyor stacking ore beside a front-end loader at sunset An open pit and haul roads stretching to the horizon at sunset
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Sector data H1 2026 · Tenure classes per Mines and Minerals Act

Mining exports, H1 2026
US$5.73bn
Gold, H1
US$3.2bn21.4 t
Lithium, H1
US$746m
Gold, August
5.12 t+20.7%

Small-scale miners delivered 77.7% of August gold. Year to date 31.2 t against a 55 t national target. Exports excluding gold and silver rose 84.7% on H1 2025.

The numbers, charted

H1 2026 · gold to August
Where mining export earnings came from, H1 2026Gold is more than half. PGMs and lithium make up most of the rest.
  • Gold
  • PGMs
  • Lithium
  • Other
H1 2026 mining exportsUS$5.73bn
55.8%21.1%13.0%

Source: Mining Zimbabwe; PGM and lithium split from MMCZ data via NewZimbabwe

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MineralUS$ bnShare
Gold3.2055.8%
Platinum group metals (matte + concentrate)1.2121.1%
Lithium (spodumene + sulphate)0.7513.0%
Other minerals0.5810.1%
Total5.73100%

Gold is reported as approximately US$3.2bn. PGM and lithium values are MMCZ shares applied to its US$2.532bn total.

Gold delivered to Fidelity Gold Refinery, 2026Tonnes a month. August was the highest month of the year so far; March the lowest.
2.85 t
5.12 t

Source: Mining Zimbabwe (Q1), (Q2), (August)

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MonthTonnes
Jan 2026 *3.04
Feb 20263.41
Mar 20262.85
Apr 2026 *3.32
May 20263.95
Jun 20264.81
Jul 2026 *4.65
Aug 20265.12
Jan–Aug total31.2

* January and April are worked out from the published quarterly totals. July is the revised figure used in the August release (4.65 t); the first July report said 3.54 t.

Progress to the 2026 gold targetTwo-thirds of the year gone, 57% of the target delivered. The remaining 23.8 t needs about 6 t a month — above any month so far.
31.2 t of the 55 t national target
0 t55 t

Straight-line pace for 55 t by end of August: 36.7 t

Source: Mining Zimbabwe, Business Times

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MeasureTonnes
Delivered Jan–Aug 202631.2
National target 202655.0
Needed Sep–Dec23.8
Small-scale sector target (ZMF)45.0

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No lots are published yet. Ground is being taken on now, and a lot appears here only once its paperwork has been checked — so the first entries will be a short list rather than a long one.

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A register of tenure, not a noticeboard

Mining ground in Zimbabwe changes hands through WhatsApp groups and word of mouth, which is why so many sales collapse on a boundary dispute or a lapsed claim nobody checked. The register is built the other way round: paperwork first, then the listing.

Lots are accepted in four tenure classes, each carrying a different set of documents and a different transfer route.

  • Registered claimsPegged blocks of one hectare each, held on a certificate of registration and kept alive by inspection fees or production.
  • Mining leaseLarger consolidated ground, usually with workings and plant already on site.
  • Special grantGround granted outside the ordinary pegging route, common for coal and for tailings retreatment.
  • EPO / JVExclusive prospecting orders and joint-venture ground, offered for partnership rather than outright sale.

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Your details go to the listings desk through our website host; if that is unavailable, they open in your own email program instead. See the privacy notice. A lot joins the register only once its certificate of registration, inspection standing and map reference have been checked. Do not enter identity-document, bank or payment details.

Before you pay for a claim

Document chain

Six documents decide whether ground is really yours. Most failed sales fail on one of them, and all six are checkable before money moves.

  • 01A prospecting licence that was live when the ground was pegged
  • 02A certificate of registration, read against the 1:25,000 map
  • 03Permanent beacons you have walked yourself
  • 04Inspection certificates proving the claim is still alive
  • 05A Certificate of Registration After Transfer, in your name
  • 06An EMA file of your own — the seller’s does not travel with the ground

Read the full guide, with what each document proves →