Tanzania unveils small-scale miner for discovering big tanzanite
STORY: Tanzania unveils small-scale miner for discovering big tanzanite
DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2022
LENGTH: 00:03:27
LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of small-scale miners who attended the unveiling of tanzanite gemstone
2. various of the signing of MOU between Anselim Kawishe and government officials
3. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): ADOLF NDUNGURU, Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Minerals
STORYLINE:
Tanzanian authorities on Saturday unveiled a small-scale miner for discovering two tanzanite gemstones weighing a total of 5.22 kilograms.
Tanzanite is a rare blue gem only produced in northern Tanzania.
Anselim Kawishe, a miner, was announced by the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Minerals, Adolf Ndunguru, at a ceremony held at the Mirerani tanzanite mining area in Simanjiro district in the Manyara region.
Kawishe's new tanzanite discovery was valued at 1 million U.S. dollars, said Ndunguru.
Kawishe said he has been looking for the tanzanite gemstones for the past
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