Senegal constitude country an significant which gold producing in West Africa. Most of the gold in the country is found in Senegal-Mali structural corridor. Because of its great potential as a producer of gold, the country has attracted mining industry in recent years, international gold mining companies, have acquired the licenses of gold exploration and are currently reviewing several different regions of the country for gold.
One such company is the Randgold Resources, the gold exploration consent for Tomboronkoto, has Kanoumering, and Kounemba total 1200km2 covering area. Significant gold prospects can be found on the Birimian Gold Belt, although to be the one of the largest gold belt in the world, however it is still largely unexplored.
Of Artisanal To Trade Mining
Artisanal gold mining has in parts practiced the country, especially the southeastern region, from
ancient times. In the 1970s, brought the great gold rush of the country,
marked by an increased informal gold mining and land degradation due to
increased gold exploration in many places within the country.
was discovered the largest gold deposit in the country, in Diabougou village in eastern Senegal in 2006 marked the turning point in the gold mining sector in the country. Search Following this gold discovery many gold mining companies in South Africa have to set foot in the country. Today Senegal has several gold projects with a majority of those still in the exploration phase.
Are some of the leading gold projects in Senegal:
Mako Gold Project
Mako project is an important gold project in the eastern part of Senegal in the “Kenieba Window” geological unit. The gold project is supported by Toro Gold Ltd.
The project consists of the Mako exploration permit that covers approximately 150 km2 which owned and operated by Toro Gold Ltd. Exploration activities on this project began in 2010 with the original geological mapping. Several other exploration activities were carried out on the project, and these include a scoping study in 2013 done study carried out a first feasibility in 2014, and a final feasibility study conducted in 2015
Gold has reported been found are in several places, but further investigations are not yet achieve and new discoveries are likely to be carried out in the coming years.
Sabodala Gold Project
The Sobodala Gold Project consists of two gold deposits there, and Niakafiri Sabodala on 20 km2 mining concession. The project is in the eastern region Approximately 650 km from Dakar, capital of Senegal. The project is a joint venture between the Government of Senegal and the Sabodala Gold Operations Limited with the government, while the SGO has 10% of the rest. The two gold deposits sit on the Mako Mafic volcanic belt in the west Birimian province.
Sabodala gold deposit on a Little hill whose volcanic mineralization is set with quartz, orange silica-albite-carbonate-pyrite and ankerite / siderite veins connected change. The Niakafiri deposit, on the other hand, hosted as a western dip shear mineralized system described.
These two sources of gold average grade is 2.39 g / t. mine development began in 2008 and it is estimated that it will produce Approximately 150,000 ounces of gold annually.
Boto gold project
The project Boto gold-full of IAMGOLD Corporation. The projects sitting on a 236 km2 block on the border between Senegal and Mali. Studies have shown that the project has Approximately 1.23 million ounces of gold at an average grade of 1.68 g / t.
The major part of gold is on the Malikoundi deposit, which is the largest gold deposit of the project. Another 635,000 oz gold resources at an average rating of 1.80 g / t has been found on the project.
There are plans to introduce a 50 m by 50 m infill delineation campaign to Malikoundi deposits has been completed with the objective of updating the mineral resource on the site before mining begins.
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