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In 1970, a consortium of Conoco, Shell, Chevron, and Exxon started exploration and in 1974 discovered minor oil deposits at Sédigi, near Rig Rig, to the north of Lake Chad. [1] Total reserves at Sédigi were estimated at 60 million tons, or roughly 438 million barrels (69,600,000 m 3 ) of oil. [ 1 ]
In 2012, substantial deposits of gold were found in the area around Miski. [5] Illegal gold mining quickly became widespread in the region. As many as 40,000 miners, chiefly Chadian and Sudanese, entered the Miski area. [6] Numerous officials of the Chadian military were reportedly involved in these illegal mines. [7]
Location of Chad. Chad is a landlocked country in Central Africa. Chad's currency is the CFA franc. In the 1960s, the Mining industry of Chad produced sodium carbonate, or natron. There have also been reports of gold-bearing quartz in the Biltine Prefecture. However, years of civil war have scared away foreign investors; those who left Chad ...
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2 Africa. 3 Oceania. 4 South America. Toggle South America subsection. ... The following are lists of gold mines and are subsidiary to the list of mines article and ...
This list of mines in Africa is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines on the continent and is organised by the primary country location. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
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Africa's gold mine production was 522,000 kilograms/1,148,400 pounds in 2005, which was a decrease of 14% compared with that of 2000. Production was considerably less than that of 1990 because of the long-term decline in South African production. From 1990 to 2005, Africa's share of world gold mine production decreased from 32% to about 21%. [10]