Miner becomes millionaire after finding biggest tanzanite stones

Saniniu Kuryan Laizer, a Tanzanian small-scale miner, has become a multi-millionaire after uncovering two of the biggest of the country's precious tanzanite stones ever found and selling them to the government. At a function celebrating the find in Manyara on Wednesday, attended by Laizer and government officials, mining minister Dotto Biteko said the stones were the biggest ever uncovered in the country.