Mining sector mobilises gold to sustain new currency
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Zimbabwe has asked gold miners across the country to ramp up output to support the ZiG currency launched last month, according to Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando. “This new currency is anchored on gold production, we have to determine ways to increase production,” Chitando said Monday in a meeting with miners in the capital, Harare.
Zimbabwe is urging its gold miners to significantly boost output to support the newly launched Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency.
HARARE, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe is targeting to increase its gold production following the adoption of the gold-backed currency Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), a senior government official said on Monday.
Zimbabwe to increase gold production following adoption of gold-backed currency-