Caledonia states that it acquired Blanket from Kinross with effect from April 2006.
SourceCurated location intelligence
Blanket Mine
Blanket is a long-running underground gold mine near Gwanda and one of the clearest anchor assets for understanding the Gwanda Greenstone Belt.
StatusProducing
ConfidenceVerified
Precisiondistrict
Nearby0within 25 km
Infrastructure0
Evidence reviewCurrent review11 Aug 2026
Current review. Atlas reviewed this context 17 days ago. 2 supporting source links recorded. Review freshness describes Atlas verification activity, not a real-world asset event.
Evidence chainTrace the record from mineral to provenance
1commodityGold2geographyGwanda3locationBlanket Mine4companyCaledonia Mining52 source linksCaledonia Mining
Supported in the current Atlas recordWhat Atlas knows
- Gold is recorded for this mapped location.
- Producing is the status carried by the current Atlas record.
- Verified confidence with district coordinate precision.
- Caledonia Mining is recorded as the primary source system.
- Gwanda is the connected Atlas district context.
- Caledonia Mining resolves as a direct company relationship.
- Gwanda → Blanket Mine → Caledonia Mining is the curated flagship relationship path attached to this dossier.
Not established by the current evidenceWhat still needs evidence
- Legal title and concession geometry are not established by this Atlas location record.
- Beneficial ownership is not established by an operator or company association alone.
- Atlas review time is not automatically the date of a real-world mine or project event.
- No processing or infrastructure relationship is explicitly resolved for this location in the current Atlas layer.
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Why this location matters
A reference point for exploring the wider Gwanda gold system, surrounding historic workings and the modern operating landscape.
Gold mineralisation is associated with the Archaean Gwanda Greenstone Belt. Current mine intelligence is kept separate from nearby historical occurrences.
Current corporate information is source-dated and should still be rechecked before investment, title or transaction decisions.
Caledonia says it owns 64% of Blanket, with the remaining 36% held by local Zimbabwean shareholders.
Caledonia's technical-report library includes updated Blanket reserve and resource material.
SourceAtlas corporate association and operating context rechecked against Caledonia public information.
Record provenanceCaledonia MiningVerified confidence · district precisionOriginal source
Supporting sourceCaledonia – technical reportsSource used during curated reviewOpen source
Flagship evidence path
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Current corporate information is source-dated and should still be rechecked before investment, title or transaction decisions.
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