Eastnor (Zimbabwe)

For other places with the same name, see Eastnor (disambiguation).

Eastnor is a village in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 125 km northeast of Bulawayo in a commercial farming and gold mining area. It lies next to the Umguemembe (Gwenembe River), and is within the Bubi Mining District.^[1] The mining EPOs/leases were owned by Duration Gold^[3][4] (Durbin Mine^[5]) in the south, BilboesGold (Bilboes Mine) in the north and Metallon Group (Motapa Mine) in the center. Motapa Mine is immediately adjacent to the village, to the northeast.^[1] Bilboes Mine and Motapa Mine were sold to Caledonia Mining Corporation in 2022.^[6]

Eastnor
village
Eastnor Eastnor in Zimbabwe
Coordinates: 19°29′17″S 28°33′49″E[1]
Country	Zimbabwe
Province	Midlands
District	Bubi District
Elevation [2]	1,156 m (3,793 ft)

Notes and references

1. "Eastnor, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe". MineDat.
2. "Eastnor". Geoview.
3. Masara, Whinsley (16 September 2016). "Standoff as 300 illegal miners refuse to leave Bubi gold mine shaft". Chronicle. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
4. Recently sold to the Chinese in 2017.
5. "Durban Mine, Bubi District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe". MineDat.
6. Mthandazo, Nyoni (3 November 2022). "Caledonia buys Motapa mining company". Zimbabwe Independent. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022.