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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwean government will meet with Bravura Holdings, a company owned by Nigerian tycoon Benedict Peters, over delays to a platinum project in the southern African country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are meeting them later this week\u201d and are \u201cworried\u201d, Polite Kambamura, Zimbabwe\u2019s deputy mines minister, said in an interview in the capital, Harare.<\/p>\n

Bravura was awarded a 3 000-hectare (7 400-acre) concession in Selous, about 50 miles south of Harare, in 2019. Separately, Peters is embroiled in a dispute with Shell Plc in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe has the world\u2019s second-largest reserves of platinum, which occurs with base metals including nickel and copper.<\/p>\n

Calls and emails to Bravura\u2019s management in Harare went unanswered. Peters didn\u2019t respond to an email seeking comment.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean government will meet with Bravura Holdings, a company owned by Nigerian tycoon Benedict Peters, over delays to a platinum project in the southern African country. \u201cWe are meeting them later this week\u201d and are \u201cworried\u201d, Polite Kambamura, Zimbabwe\u2019s deputy mines minister, said in an interview in the capital, Harare. 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