Mhangura

Mhangura, formerly Mangula, is a small town and former mining community in the Doma District of Mashonaland West Province, in northern Zimbabwe.

The name was probably derived from the Shona word mhangura meaning "red metal", in reference to copper.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the town was known for its football team, the Copper Stars, including players like the Chieza brothers.

[3][9] The workforce was reduced to 800 when the mine closed, and its local economy, which had centred on extracting and milling copper, collapsed.

[6] In 2022, a private investor was looking for backers to restart exploration at Mhangura, and the Zimbabwean Government engaged Scout Aerial Africa to undertake an Aeromagnetic survey, and produce a drilling programme, with maps showing potential areas to target for mining, within the Shackleton claims and Mhangura extension.