Canadian miner said to be in talks to buy Zimbabwe gold project

Canada-based B2Gold is considering buying an idled Zimbabwean gold mine – if it can be exempted from a law that requires producers to sell all the metal to the country’s central bank, people familiar with the situation said. Securing an exemption may open the way for further investment by gold producers in the southern African nation, where a number of companies have closed mines because of the sales requirements and Zimbabwe’s economic crisis.