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Get PriceAug 24, 2021 For over a year, the 28-year-old made his living as a machine operator at a gold mining company in the bushes of Kapoeta South County, Eastern Equatoria State of South Sudan. But when the South Sudanese government suspended the operation license of gold-mining companies in late 2019 to stop illegal operations, business at the Chinese-owned […]
Apr 02, 2020 In the gold-rich region of Kapoeta, state government officials have issued licenses independently of the central government, a probable violation of South Sudan’s Mining Act that has allowed illegal mining to take place on land previously allocated by Juba to other companies
Where are Sudans gold mines? Sudan boasts 944 tonnes (1,057 tons) of gold reserves.7 Gold mines are scattered across Sudan, including Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile. These are the principal zones of conflict in Sudan today. Artisanal gold mining is also drawing hundreds of thousands of artisanal miners to the
Apr 23, 2019 Revealing that no mining operations have commenced yet in the country, Mr Deng reiterated that South Sudan is endowed with 16 mineral deposits – gold, iron ore, copper, diamond, bauxite and cement, to name a few. “The deposits have been verified by external parties from the UK, Germany and Belgium. We are looking at geo-mapping now to
Aug 21, 2013 Panning For Gold In South Sudan, A Gram At A Time : Parallels In the desperately poor country, some 60,000 informal miners are working by hand to unearth an estimated $660 million worth of gold
Apr 11, 2017 Artisanal gold mining takes place in a number of areas in South Sudan, and is an activity that contributes to securing the livelihoods of rural families. With the new legal framework for mining
The loss of oil revenues from South Sudan, which became independent in 2011, together with the global decline in oil prices, plunged Sudan into a dramatic economic crisis. In the 2000s, the concomitant increase in the prices of minerals, particularly of gold, led to a renewed interest in mining on the part of the Khartoum regime. This article details the strategies deployed by the Sudanese
Download the full report. Download the one-page summary. South Sudan’s mining sector has seen rapid development in recent years, and preliminary reports suggest that the industry could become an engine for major economic growth. However, ineffective accountability mechanisms, an opaque corporate landscape, and inadequate due diligence have exposed the sector to abuse by bad […]
The mining industry of South Sudan started operating from the time South Sudan became a regional government of Sudan in 2005. Its inheritance was a well developed petroleum industry with an extensive network of pipelines passing through Sudan. However, contractual allotments in mining lacked any form of regulatory framework, resulting in the legislative assembly imposing a moratorium on mining
Nov 20, 2012 Share via Email. American photographer Adriane Ohanesian has been based in South Sudan since 2010, working for Reuters. Here she documents the unregulated gold-mining industry prior to
Gold mines are scattered across Sudan, including Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile. Artisanal mining has also drawn hundreds of thousands of gold seekers to the deserts of Sudan’s northern and eastern states. The total gold production of Sudan in 2020 reached 36.6 tons
Feb 10, 2020 Ornate, heavy necklaces gleam on stands above stacks of thick filigree bangles in the windows of Khartoum’s gold market. The gold is Sudanese, dug from the rich mines
Elhadi has over 25 years of experience in gold mining. Working as an engineer and expert in the biggest gold mining company in Sudan, Ariab Mining Co, Elhadi gained a great experience in mineral exploration, geology, sampling, geophysics, geoanalysis, mapping, drilling and supervision of mining
Apr 06, 2020 Written by Sandrine Gagn -Acoulon Family members of top government officials are involved in South Sudan’s corrupt gold mining sector which is booming and threatening the fragile peace that ended the five-year-long civil war, warned a new report by The Sentry. The President of South Sudan wearing his recognizable cowboy hat
Apr 02, 2014 New Kush Exploration & Mining (NKEM) and the state government of Eastern Equatoria have begun the first gold mining exploration in three counties of Kapoeta region, South Sudan. According to industry sources, South Sudan has been engaged in a dispute with Sudan over the transport of oil to international markets and there has been a year-long halt in production
Dec 13, 2017 Gold mining is illegal in South Sudan, but locals say it is worth the risk of getting arrested, or buried. They say they might sell as much as 30 grams of