Eastnor (Zimbabwe)

Eastnor
village
Eastnor is located in Zimbabwe
Eastnor
Eastnor
Eastnor in Zimbabwe
Coordinates: 19°29′17″S 28°33′49″E / 19.48806°S 28.56361°E / -19.48806; 28.56361[1]
CountryZimbabwe
ProvinceMidlands
DistrictBubi District
Elevation1,156 m (3,793 ft)

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.[1] 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.[1] Bilboes Mine and Motapa Mine were sold to Caledonia Mining Corporation in 2022.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Eastnor, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe". MineDat.
  2. ^ "Eastnor". Geoview.
  3. ^ Masara, Whinsley (16 September 2016). "Standoff as 300 illegal miners refuse to leave Bubi gold mine shaft". Chronicle. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
  4. ^ Recently sold to the Chinese in 2017.
  5. ^ "Durban Mine, Bubi District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe". MineDat.
  6. ^ Mthandazo, Nyoni (3 November 2022). "Caledonia buys Motapa mining company". Zimbabwe Independent. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022.