Buzwagi Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine in the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania, located 6 kilometres southeast from the town of Kahama.
In the financial year 2014, the company produced a combined amount of 719,000 attributable ounces of gold.
[1] Gold mining in Tanzania in modern times dates back to the German colonial period, beginning with gold discoveries near Lake Victoria in 1894.
[2] Barrick acquired Buzwagi, alongside Tulawaka, as part of its acquisition of Pangea Goldfields Inc. in 2000.
The mine was construction for Buzwagi cost approximately $400 million,[4] and employed more than 3,000 staff.