Saniniu Laizer said he wants to use his $3.4 million to improve his community and build a school Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

CNN — A team of Tanzanian miners has discovered the largest tanzanite stones ever seen in the country's history. Saniniu Laizer, 52, a Maasai small scale miner and his team found the two stones -- ...

A small-scale miner from Tanzania become an overnight millionaire on Wednesday after he sold two rough tanzanite gemstones said to be the largest ever found in the country. Saniniu Laizer, 52, ...

A team of Tanzanian miners has discovered the largest tanzanite stones ever seen in the country's history. Saniniu Laizer, 52, a Maasai small scale miner and his team found the two stones -- weighing ...

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(CNN) — A team of Tanzanian miners has discovered the largest tanzanite stones ever seen in the country’s history. Saniniu Laizer, 52, a Maasai small scale miner and his team found the two stones — ...

DAR ES SALAAM, June 24 (Reuters) - A Tanzanian subsistence miner hit the jackpot on Wednesday after the government handed him a cheque for 7.74 billion Tanzanian shillings ($3.35 million) for the two ...

Gemfields Resources Plc, which plans to use the Faberge brand to market gemstones, offered to buy Tanzanite One Ltd. in a deal valuing the company at about 33 million pounds ($58 million). Gemfields ...

Tanzanian small-scale miner Saniniu Kuryan Laizer, 52, poses with two of the biggest of the country's precious gemstones, Tanzanite. Getty Images A small-scale miner from Tanzania made another record ...