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Buzwagi Gold Mine

The physical place gold comes out of: a pit, a shaft, an alluvial working or a named site.

TypeMine site / workingsRelationships2Claims held2Checked2026-09First held2026-09
Entry details
Role, as stated
Closed July 2022 (per MiningWeekly/TheCitizen reporting below); Barrick has converted site toward a Special Economic Zone and opened a training academy there.
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Register identifiers
  • wikidata-qidQ5003473
Location
Buzwagi Gold Mine-3.6667, 32.2833

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located in · As reportedoperated by · As reportedBuzwagi Gold Mine — Mine site / workingsTanzania — Jurisdiction / administrative areaTwiga Minerals Corporation — Producer organisation
Tanzania
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Geography1

located inTanzaniaJurisdiction / administrative areaCorroborated
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Evidence (2)

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SourceQ1c-R1 round report (jurisdiction as stated by the entity's own source)Origingold-hubAsserted2026-09-03

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Where this entry comes from
  • Wikipedia, "Buzwagi Gold Mine"en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzwagi_Gold_Mine external · 2026-09
  • GlobeNewswire / Barrickwww.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/10/20/1932172/0/en/The-Launch-of external · 2026-09
  • OpenStreetMap — way/337495112 “Buzwagi Gold Mine” (landuse=quarry; name=Buzwagi Gold Mine; operator=Acacia Mining; resource=gold), element last edited 2025-07-13; data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. Matched to this row on R1 exact normalised name; country rule: name-equal candidate resolves to the record country (the record row carries no coordinate).www.openstreetmap.org/way/337495112 external · 2026-09
  • Wikidata — Q5003473 “Buzwagi Gold Mine”, product = gold (P1056 → Q897); instance of mine; country Tanzania; admin Shinyanga Region; operator Barrick Mining Corporation; owner Acacia Mining; item last modified 2026-07-08; CC0 1.0. Matched to this row on R1 exact normalised name; country rule: name-equal candidate resolves to the record country (the record row carries no coordinate).www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5003473 external · 2026-09