Online Reporter
Nqobile Bhebhe,Zimpapers Business Hub
THE Mines and Minerals Bill (H.B. 1, 2025) has officially been gazetted, signalling renewed momentum in efforts to modernise Zimbabwe’s colonial-era mining legislation.
Gazetted in today’s (Wednesday) Government Gazette by Clerk of Parliament Mr Kennedy Chokuda under Standing Order No. 142(1) of the National Assembly, the Bill seeks to replace the Mines and Minerals Act [Chapter 21:05].
The Bill, which has faced repeated delays over the past decade, introduces a comprehensive overhaul of the legal framework guiding the sector.
Key reforms include the establishment of a Mining Affairs Board, improved governance and transparency in the allocation of mining rights, enhanced environmental safeguards and formal recognition of small-scale miners.
The bill also addresses the acquisition and Registration of Mining Rights, prospecting and pegging on ground reserved against prospecting and pegging, exclusive exploration licence, mining leases, payments to local authorities and special grants among other key issues.
The bills also focus on strategic minerals, which are defined as any nuclear energy source material or other mineral deemed strategic by virtue of its importance to the economic, social, industrial or security interests of Zimbabwe.
