Restitute US$875K for gold ore theft, Chinese ordered

A MUTOKO Regional Magistrates Court has convicted Reajin Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, owned by Chinese national Zheng Zhangxian, for the systematic theft of over 5 000 tonnes of gold ore.

The company was ordered to pay US$875 667,67 in restitution to small-scale miner Emmanuel Ndemera, following a multi-year investigation detailed in Mines and Mining Development ministry documents and court records.

The scheme involved Reajin Enterprises operating through the local Takura Mining Syndicate, which held a claim adjacent to Ndemera’s Koodoo 83 block in Makaha.

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