For instance when the Mines and Minerals Act (Ch 21:05) was drafted, artisanal mining was not common mainly because unemployment rates were very low – thanks to a thriving industry and agriculture and some minerals such as Platinum Group of Minerals (PGM) had not taken central stage. However, due to the unfavorable macro and micro economic realities, Zimbabwe has witnessed an exponential growth in artisanal mining and a boom in other mineral reserves being discovered.
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