MINER FINDS RARE GEMS, TURNS INTO MILLIONAIRE

A smallscale miner in Tanzania has become an overnight millionaire after unearthing two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found. Tanzania’s government bought the book-sized stones, weighing 9kg and 5kg each, from miner Saniniu Laizer for $3.4 million. Minerals minister Doto Biteko said on state television on Wednesday that the government bought the rare minerals for preservation. Laizer said in a televised interview he plans to open a shopping mall and a school for his community.