Malawi constitute gold producing exciting new country in Africa. The county has great potential as a gold producer in view of the fact that most of its gold resources remain unexplored. Gold produced in the past in Malawi. By Little artisanal miners along the rivers However, the recent signing of gold exploration and development agreements with a number of multinational gold mines across the country is to put on the map of major gold producers in Africa.
History of gold mining in Malawi
History Gold mining in Malawi occurred around in the time of Vasco de
Gama. History books shows that when in the 15th the Portuguese first, in
the 15th they visited the east coast in Africa and were the location
with the locals especially near the Limpopo River to trade gold. Most of
this Malawi gold came from landlocked countries. Most of the early
miners gold mining along the rivers for traders.
The first gold discovery of foreigners by the white people settlers in 1910. Most of these gold deposits had been on a Little scale and not a lot of commercial mining has been done on them. Today gold occurrences have been reported in several places within the country. These were primarily alluvial deposits that have not been fully investigated to date.
Some of the major gold deposits in the reporting period for further development are the following.
Some of the major gold deposits in the reporting period for further development are the following.
Lisungwe Valley area Kirk
This is one of the known gold deposits in the country. The Lisungwe Valley is 55 km west of Zomba away. Most of the alluvial gold from artisanal miners were mined from this valley. The river valley has to be a great potential for gold mining with the richest place Little Cisumbiti area. Currently more to determine gold explorations in the region to take the amount of gold within the deposit .
Nathenje area gold deposit
In the south of Lilongwe has important gold deposits in the country The Nathenje area on central Malawi. Gold was first discovered in this area in the 1960s during a geochemical mapping the country. Further investigation of the area Demonstrate that most of the agouti found in sulfide-Wealthy bands of graphitic garnet biotite gneiss clinopyroxene. In the recent past, the Ministry of Mining has engaged in further studies of the gold deposits, to determine whether it is profitable to be established for a commercial mining plant in the region.
Unga River
This river is one of the oldest sources of gold in the county. Locals gold mines in this river for many years Crash down in the pre-colonial period. Official records, however, shows that the first gold was discovered in 1936 during a reconnaissance survey of the colonial government in the Mangochi¬ Makanjila area in the river.
More intensive research carried out in 1937 , but was shut down after it rock veins gold deposits were discovered, where thin and sporadically distributed for commercial meaningful gold mining take place. Current on the river research beats the gold in the flow of above were derived a large gold deposit . Further studies are underway for the gold deposits on the river
More intensive research carried out in 1937 , but was shut down after it rock veins gold deposits were discovered, where thin and sporadically distributed for commercial meaningful gold mining take place. Current on the river research beats the gold in the flow of above were derived a large gold deposit . Further studies are underway for the gold deposits on the river
Dwangwa
Of Dwangwa Another important source of alluvial gold in the country. Gold on the river were first documented in 1908 by white settlers. Early investigations where made in 1938 by the British South Africa Company, but had not done much .
The Government of Malawi has been working hard in the recent past, the country sought to ensure the moving train of Large gold mining countries in Africa. This can be seen by the number of exploration licenses the government spending on foreign companies with headquarters.
Some of the leading players in the countries gold mining are active Mota-Engil Africa (the license for Kasungu, Lisungwe has Tundulu, Dwangwa, Malingunde, Lake Chilwa and Mwanza error target) of the south-east African Mining (SEAM ) (which owns the Dwangwa project), the Cape Town Mining (running the Indaba project) and the Canada-listed Mkango resources that the Songwe Hill explores license area.
The Government of Malawi has been working hard in the recent past, the country sought to ensure the moving train of Large gold mining countries in Africa. This can be seen by the number of exploration licenses the government spending on foreign companies with headquarters.
Some of the leading players in the countries gold mining are active Mota-Engil Africa (the license for Kasungu, Lisungwe has Tundulu, Dwangwa, Malingunde, Lake Chilwa and Mwanza error target) of the south-east African Mining (SEAM ) (which owns the Dwangwa project), the Cape Town Mining (running the Indaba project) and the Canada-listed Mkango resources that the Songwe Hill explores license area.
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