Curated location intelligence
Shawa Vermiculite Mine
Shawa is a producing vermiculite mine in an alkaline ring complex and adds an important industrial-mineral layer beyond Zimbabwe's headline precious and battery minerals.
StatusProducing
ConfidenceVerified
Precisionregional
Nearby1within 25 km
Infrastructure0
Evidence reviewCurrent review11 Aug 2026
Current review. Atlas reviewed this context 17 days ago. 1 supporting source link recorded. Review freshness describes Atlas verification activity, not a real-world asset event.
Evidence chainTrace the record from mineral to provenance
1commodityVermiculite
2geographyBuhera / Dorowa-Shawa
3locationShawa Vermiculite Mine4companySamrec Vermiculite51 source linkShawa VermiculiteSupported in the current Atlas recordWhat Atlas knows
- Vermiculite is recorded for this mapped location.
- Producing is the status carried by the current Atlas record.
- Verified confidence with regional coordinate precision.
- Shawa Vermiculite is recorded as the primary source system.
- Samrec Vermiculite resolves as a direct company relationship.
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
It broadens the atlas into industrial minerals and makes the Buhera-Dorowa area a multi-commodity intelligence district.
Shawa describes the deposit as hosted by an approximately 5.5 km-radius alkaline ring complex.
The coordinate is regional; use the operator and official title records for exact lease boundaries.
Shawa's public history identifies Samrec Vermiculite as the owner since 2013 and describes modern capacity expansion.
Record provenanceShawa VermiculiteVerified confidence · regional precisionOriginal source
Evidence boundary
The coordinate is regional; use the operator and official title records for exact lease boundaries.
| Location | Distance | Minerals | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorowa | 1.5 km | Phosphate | Producing | Verified | Dorowa Minerals / Chemplex |