EUREKA Gold Mine has deepened its commitment to sustainable community development by investing more than US$2 million in corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in 2025 alone.
The expenditure lifted the mine’s total CSR spending since the start of operations to approximately US$5 million in the communities surrounding its Guruve district site.
Speaking to journalists during a site briefing, Eureka Gold Mine general manager, Nelson Banda, said the company recognised that beyond regulatory compliance, community acceptance was critical to long-term success.
“Besides the normal regulatory licences, there is the aspect of the social licence—the acceptance of our operations by the community we operate in,” Banda said.
“This year alone, we spent north of US$2.3 million on CSR projects, which shows how key this is for us.
"These initiatives are not just Eureka-driven; we work with community committees and government officials who meet quarterly to identify priorities, which we then sponsor.”
Head of human capital support services, Tinago Tiango, said the mine’s CSR strategy wasguided by four pillars: community development, environmental stewardship, health and sanitation, and education.
“We are very cognisant of the fact that we are part and parcel of the Guruve community.
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“As a result, we need to leave landmarks that show Eureka Gold Mine operated here,” said Tiango.
“Looking after the people and the planet, not only making profits as a business, is central to how we operate.”
As part of its expansion, the mine, with government support, has relocated communities from Mazhambe and Muroiwa villages to Mbome Farm.
Tiango stated that relocated families were provided with “modern rural homesteads,” access to water infrastructure, and social services.
“We are proud that we built modern rural homesteads, a dip tank, and a primary school for these families,” he said, adding that a clinic is under construction and is expected to be completed and handed over to the Rural District Council by the end of January next year.
In the health sector, Eureka is renovating and equipping a maternity ward at Guruve Hospital and has previously donated bedding supplies to the institution.
Sanitation projects, including borehole drilling, have been implemented in collaboration with the District Development Coordinator’s office and local committees.
The mine has also rolled out education support programmes, including providing school uniforms to disadvantaged pupils at four schools and sponsoring prize-giving ceremonies.
Tiango said plans are underway to build a secondary school in 2026.
District development coordinator for Guruve, Innocent Tawanda Mutsvenguri, commended Eureka Gold Mine for maintaining strong communication and consultation with government and communities over several years.
Mutsvenguri said the relocations were carried out with government approval, including the involvement of the Minister of Lands, and form part of a broader collaborative approach between the private sector and the state.
Residents say their living standards have significantly improved following the resettlement, citing better housing, expanded farmland, and access to basic services.
“We were moved from extremely poor living conditions into fully built four-room houses with kitchens and bathrooms,” said Winmere Chiwori, one of the relocated families.
According to Chiwori, each household received five hectares of farmland, a significant increase from the small plots used for subsistence farming before.
“Each household received five hectares of farmland, far more than the small plots we struggled with before," she said.
