Zimbabwe’s largest gold producer is negotiating with potential partners to boost production at its Shamva mine.
Meeting is considered pivotal for the UN body, expected to finalize its decade-long effort to enact regulations by 2025.
There was a similar boom-bust cycle in 2016-2017 but the difference this time is that no-one seems to be expecting a speedy recovery.
The African Development Bank has agreed to finance a feasibility study for the project, at a cost of about $4 million.