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2. Mining in Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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   The mining industry in Sierra Leone is the central focus of Kanye West’s 2005 single Diamonds from Sierra Leone. West speaks about the poor working conditions of the miners in Sierra Leone and the effect of the first world’s luxurious and expensive lifestyles on the third world mining industries in Africa, specifically the expensive ...

3. Sierra Leone diamond (Kono region) - Wikipedia

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   The uncut found diamond is slightly smaller than a hockey puck. It is one of the twentieth largest ever found and the largest discovered in the past forty years. [5] It is the second largest found in Sierra Leone, the largest being the Star of Sierra Leone, a 968.9-ct diamond discovered in 1972. The diamond appears to have a reddish stain ...

4. Blood diamond - Wikipedia

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   Panning for diamonds in Sierra Leone. Diamond mining in Sierra Leone. Blood diamonds (also called conflict diamonds, brown diamonds, hot diamonds, or red diamonds) are diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, terrorism, or a warlord's activity. The term is used to highlight the negative ...

5. FEATURE-No pot of gold for locals as China mines Sierra Leone

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   W hen the Chinese gold miners came to Masumbiri town in northern Sierra Leone, everyone lined up for jobs. Dayu, a private company that started working in Sierra Leone last year, was just the ...

6. Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources - Wikipedia

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   The Ministry of Mineral Resources (MMR) in Sierra Leone is responsible for the management of minerals in accordance with the Mines and Minerals Act 2009. [1] Concessions for industrial mining (exploration and large-scale mining) is managed by the Mining Cadastre Office (MCO) in Freetown, while all artisanal mining licenses are managed by the MMR Regional Offices located in Bo, Kenema, Makeni ...

7. Koidu Limited - Wikipedia

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   After the end of the civil war in the Republic of Sierra Leone in 2002 and once the country had joined as a participant of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme in 2003, Koidu Limited was formed in 2003 and was the first commercial diamond mining company to invest in the development of the resource sector in the Republic of Sierra Leone, focusing initially on the kimberlite deposits at Koidu.

8. Sierra Leone Ministry of Mines Issues Licenses Permitting ...

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   Sierra Leone Ministry of Mines Issues Licenses Permitting Oraco Resources to Commence Operations in Nimini Hills ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oraco Resources, Inc. (ORAC) announced that on ...

9. Tongo, Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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   The Government of Sierra Leone headed by the Minister of Natural Resources under the Administration of president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah originally granted a Mining Lease for the Tongo Diamond Field to Rex Diamond Mining Corporation Limited, a diamond mining and exploration company with its head office in Antwerp, Belgium.