The geophysical airborne survey and geological mapping of the Karamoja subregion set to kick off anytime will last one year.…
Karamoja geophysical airborne survey to last one year
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Competition for resources pits Karamoja locals against miners
Karamoja region, now comprising nine districts, was mostly insecure until the turn of the twenty first century. A long stretch…
Financing tops list of five key challenges for ASMs across Uganda
A survey conducted amongst leaders of Artisanal and Small scale Mining (ASMs) Associations across Uganda indicates that the most pressing…
Africa can refine a third of the world’s gold
According to business website Statista.com, Africa produced about 700,000 Kgs of gold in 2019. Interestingly, the continent has the capacity…
Are battery minerals the new gold?
Africa is bleeding value and wasting away an opportunity to cash in on a ‘new’ class of minerals that are driving the green energy transition.