Zimbabwe lacks tech to spot smuggled rare earths
Border-post tech gaps are basically leaving Zimbabwe’s rare earth minerals wide open for smuggling, and the government just owned up to it.
No scanners at the borders yet
- Polite Kambamura confirmed that detection tech is missing entirely.
- Rare earths could piggyback on legit lithium shipments.
- Clemence Chiduwa flagged the global rare-earth gold rush.
- Scanner deployment got a vague near-future timeline.
Mapping the deposits is still incomplete
- Zimbabwe mostly leans on outdated geological records.
- Kambamura mentioned a planned aeromagnetic survey effort.
- Accurate rare-earth reserve data basically doesn’t exist yet.
