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The $285-million takeover bid, considered by some analysts and Acacia’s minority shareholders as low, would see the world's second largest gold producer buying the remaining 35% of the African miner it does not already own, at a discount.

The tremor prompted officials to activate emergency protocols.

Unionized workers rejected on Saturday the miner’s final contract negotiation offer and announced that they will vote on a proposal to go on strike.

A court hearing between Vedanta and the government of Zambia over control of its Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) business was adjourned on Friday.

Workers from the unions involved had rejected last weekend a proposal by the company.

Owner Havilah Resources said the decision secures the company's right to mine Kalkaroo.

The Canadian miner reported that seven of 23 chip samples returned grades ranging from 155.27g/t gold to 2.94g/t gold.

The state-owned copper miner said that since mining at the open-pit mine ends in 2020, which is when the underground section begins commercial operations, it will able to keep productive capacity unchanged.

Bavura Holdings, in which Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters is a major shareholder, would sign an agreement to mine platinum on Zimbabwe's mineral-rich Greak Dyke.