Zimbabwe is planning to establish a provisional diamond exchange by the end of the first half of this year, Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa has said. 

Addressing the media yesterday on the minerals beneficiation conference scheduled for Victoria Falls next week Minister Chidhakwa said government was presently gathering expertise. 

"After two or three more auctions we should be able to do an auction in Zimbabwe around June or July. 

"But that depends on the experience we would have put together," he said.

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