Eastnor (Zimbabwe) Explained

Eastnor
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Zimbabwe
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Eastnor in Zimbabwe
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Zimbabwe
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Midlands
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bubi District
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:1156

Eastnor is a village in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 125 km northeast of Bulawayo in a commercial farming and gold mining area. It lies next to the Umguemembe (Gwenembe River), and is within the Bubi Mining District.[2] The mining EPOs/leases were owned by Duration Gold[3] [4] (Durbin Mine[5]) in the south, BilboesGold (Bilboes Mine) in the north and Metallon Group (Motapa Mine) in the center. Motapa Mine is immediately adjacent to the village, to the northeast. Bilboes Mine and Motapa Mine were sold to Caledonia Mining Corporation in 2022.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eastnor . Geoview .
  2. Web site: Eastnor, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe . MineDat .
  3. News: Masara . Whinsley . 16 September 2016 . Standoff as 300 illegal miners refuse to leave Bubi gold mine shaft . Chronicle . Bulawayo, Zimbabwe . https://web.archive.org/web/20160919130607/https://www.chronicle.co.zw/standoff-as-300-illegal-miners-refuse-to-leave-bubi-gold-mine-shaft/ . 19 September 2016 . live .
  4. Recently sold to the Chinese in 2017.
  5. Web site: Durban Mine, Bubi District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe . MineDat .
  6. News: Mthandazo . Nyoni . 3 November 2022 . Caledonia buys Motapa mining company . Zimbabwe Independent . https://web.archive.org/web/20221102221731/https://www.newsday.co.zw/theindependent/business/article/200002942/caledonia-buys-motapa-mining-company . 2 November 2022 . live.