Kwekwe miner faces gold ore theft charges

A Kwekwe gold dealer has been reported to police on charges of having stolen gold ore and other mining accessories from a mine at the center of a boundary dispute. 

According to a police report case number 5393592, Chanakira Masuku is accused of stealing about 1.5kg of gold, tonnes of gold ore worth over US$30 000, two drums of cyanide and caustic soda from Somerset 16 mine  in Sosombe, Kwekwe. 

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