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Armed robbers steal four tonnes of gold in Zimbabwe
AllAfrica ^ | Thursday, July 28, 2011 | Kitsepile Nyathi

Posted on 07/28/2011 4:45:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Four tonnes of gold ore were allegedly stolen by a 46 member gang from a small scale gold mine in Zimbabwe in two separate raids, state media reported on Wednesday.

The robbers allegedly beat up workers with iron bars and clubs.

One of the workers lost two fingers during one of the raids at the mine at Chev Chess Farm near Kadoma, a town about 140 kilometres south west of the capital Harare.

According to the Herald newspaper, the first group of 19 armed men went to the mine on June 8 at night driving pickup trucks.

"They were armed with catapults, stones, machetes, axes, knives, clubs and iron bars," the paper quoted a police source saying.

The gang allegedly beat up farm workers before stealing gold ore which they loaded into their trucks before driving away.

Another group raided the mine on June 22 at night and used the same methods to steal three tonnes of gold ore.

A report was made to the police but no arrests have been made so far.

The owner of the mine Sam Munyoro confirmed the incident but refused to shed more light.

(Excerpt) Read more at africareview.com ...


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KEYWORDS: africa; gold; goldbugs; ore; zimbabwe
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Four tonnes of gold ore were allegedly stolen by a 46 member gang from a small scale gold mine in Zimbabwe in two separate raids. File | Africa Review

Armed robbers steal four tonnes of gold in Zimbabwe

1 posted on 07/28/2011 4:45:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

[singing] Zim - Bab - Way - Whoa oh...


2 posted on 07/28/2011 4:47:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hope it was Navy Seal Team 6!


3 posted on 07/28/2011 4:49:15 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Life as Nancy Pelosi knows & wants it, must end, Let the nation collapse. DNC vote buys killed it.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Gold ore is very different from gold. My neighbor probably has a ton of gold ore in her driveway. Rendered for gold, there might be a half ounce. Worth more as paving material. What kind of ore are we talking about?

/johnny

4 posted on 07/28/2011 4:50:20 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: SunkenCiv

wait... the thieves are refining this ore themselves??


5 posted on 07/28/2011 4:51:15 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: SunkenCiv
Four tonnes of gold ore were allegedly stolen

Gold ore what, they're not sure?

6 posted on 07/28/2011 4:52:12 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: SunkenCiv; Clive

These thugs probably work for Mugabe


7 posted on 07/28/2011 4:53:24 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: SunkenCiv

Good luck with that gold ore dumbasses. LOL


8 posted on 07/28/2011 4:54:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: SunkenCiv
"They were armed with catapults, stones, machetes, axes, knives, clubs and iron bars," the paper quoted a police source saying.

Catapults? "Achmed, grab the catapults. You never know if we might need to breech some ramparts."

9 posted on 07/28/2011 4:58:05 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

Breach, not breech. Oops.


10 posted on 07/28/2011 4:59:14 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

Maybe you can move ore faster with catapults if you need to.


11 posted on 07/28/2011 5:10:43 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: SunkenCiv

“Mugabe Army Veterans”


12 posted on 07/28/2011 5:11:34 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: GeronL; blam; Cincinatus' Wife; sarcasm; happygrl; Byron_the_Aussie; robnoel; ZOOKER; Bonaparte; ...

Thanks for the ping, GeronL.


13 posted on 07/28/2011 5:11:56 PM PDT by Clive
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To: Pan_Yan

“catapults” = Slingshots in Brit-Speak.

Zimbabwe English is a form of Brit-Speak.


14 posted on 07/28/2011 5:12:19 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I was about to say that 4 tonnes of gold is the whole Zimbabwe treasury, probably worth about a gazillion Zimbabwe dollars. But then I saw that it was 4 tonnes of gold ore. The value would depend upon the concentration of gold in the ore. If, for example, the ore was 1/2% gold, the value would be about $300,000,000.

(Did I mention that those are Zimbabwe dollars? It would be less than a million in U.S. dollars.)


15 posted on 07/28/2011 5:14:47 PM PDT by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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...probably worth about a gazillion Zimbabwe dollars.

I'm sure you already know but just in case someone wanders along that doesn't Zimbabwe no longer has a currency. They use U.S. Dollars of South African Rands. Mugabe actually got away with paying off a large portion of their foreign debt with newly printed money until the IMF / World Bank figured out what was going on.

16 posted on 07/28/2011 5:18:46 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

Catapults are really, really old school! Ahhh, I long for the days of catapults, battering rams, siege towers, and flaming arrows! Any one for some boiling hot oil?


17 posted on 07/28/2011 5:19:14 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: BwanaNdege

Got it, thanks. That makes a lot more sense that dragging a trebuchet or two to the battle.


18 posted on 07/28/2011 5:20:45 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Rocky

My son has some hyper inflationary Zimbabwe notes. One is for 15 trillion dollars. It was worth around 30 cents US when it was issued.


19 posted on 07/28/2011 5:25:09 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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20 posted on 07/28/2011 5:29:05 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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