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Muchena, Nyanungo take over Chaka Plant

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Retired Air Marshal Henry Muchena and former intelligence officer Sydney Nyanungo are set to take over Chaka Plant and Gold mine from William Mtomba.

KWEKWE – Retired Air Marshal Henry Muchena and former intelligence officer Sydney Nyanungo are set to take over gold mining and processing at the controversial Chaka Plant and Gold mine following a Supreme Court order evicting former Zanu PF legislator William Mtomba from the property.

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Muchena and Nyanungo are directors of Impamesa Minerals (Pvt) Ltd which was given a tributary agreement by Kwekwe Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) to operate at the property and associated mines while paying royalties.

In a letter written and delivered to Muchena on September 9 by KCGM lawyers, Impamesa Minerals (Pvt) Ltd was invited to move into Chaka Gold Plant and start operations.

“We have been advised by our client that you can now proceed to take over Chaka Gold Plant in terms of the agreement entered into in 2012. The dispute between our client and Midkwe Minerals was settled by the Supreme Court on September 2,” reads part of the letter.

KCGM lawyers Mutatu and Partners said Impamesa was now in the process of moving into Chaka Gold Plant despite the fact that Mtomba’s Midkwe Minerals is trying to resist eviction from the property.

“Midkwe has since approached the Constitutional Court in a time-buying bid seeking to have the Supreme Court ruling reversed when, according to the law, it is clear that the Supreme Court is the last court of appeal. Impamesa has been made aware of this and are on the ground, moving in to start operations,” said Mutatu and partners.

Midkwe Minerals, owned by Mtomba and his Gweru-based partner Smelly Dube, has over the past two years been embroiled in a messy legal battle with KCGM over the control of the gold-rich mine.