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Artisanal gold mining is officially prohibited in Chad, but its lucrative nature and weaknesses in imposing the government ban in Kouri Bougoudi have made the goldfield a magnet for miners and traders from across the region.
7 de sept. de 2020 · Overview. The Government of Chad identified mining as a priority investment sector. Government interlocutors seek to develop Chad’s heretofore artisanal mining industry using the transformational ExxonMobil investment as an example for U.S. mining companies to follow.
Mining industry of Chad. In the late 1980s, the only mineral exploited in Chad was sodium carbonate, or natron. [1] Also called sal soda or washing soda, natron was used as a salt for medicinal purposes, as a preservative for hides, and as an ingredient in the traditional manufacture of soap; herders also fed it to their animals. [1]
Chad’s natural resources include petroleum, gold, natron, uranium, limestone, sand, gravel, kaolin and salt. Its mining sector is yet to develop to its fullest potential. Overview of Resources
Fighting between informal gold miners in a remote part of northern Chad has left around 100 people dead and 40 injured, the government says. What began as a "mundane dispute between two...
10 de jun. de 2022 · Chad’s looking to reassert control over its gold reserves, a longtime source of conflict and smuggling, following an upsurge of deadly clashes in mining regions.
Chad is one of Africa’s largest countries and with an extensive mineral potential, it harbor’s the 10th largest oil reserve on the continent estimated at 1,5billion barrels. Petroleum is the country’s major source of revenue making up 60% of the Chadian revenues.
