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The Dawa Okote mine is one of the largest gold mines in Ethiopia and the world. [1] It is located in the central Oromia Region . [ 1 ] The mine has estimated reserves of 20.035 million oz of gold.
The Lega Dembi Mine is the largest gold mine in Ethiopia and is near Shakiso in Oromia Region. [1] [2] Lega Dembi has a yearly production of around 4,500 kg of gold and silver, and is owned by MIDROC. [3] Pollution from the mine has resulted in environmental conflict that has exacerbated other political and ethnic conflict in the region ...
More and more gold mines are being located, such as in the Afar region and in the Konso woreda in south western Ethiopia. [8] On 30 August 2012 it was announced that British firm Nyota Minerals was about to become the first foreign company to receive a mining licence to extract gold from an estimated resource of 52 tonnes in western Ethiopia. [9]
Pages in category "Gold mines in Ethiopia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Dawa Okote mine; L.
Gold mining continues to be an important industry in this woreda, with the announcement 24 November 2009, that MIDROC Gold signed a 10-year agreement with the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Energy, for the extraction of almost 20.5 metric tons of gold from the Sakaro fields, three kilometers from the existing Lega Dembi Mines.
In 1970, South Africa produced 995 tonnes or 32 million ounces of gold, two-thirds of the world's production of 47.5 million ounces. [2] Production figures are for primary mine production. In the US, for example, for the year 2011, secondary sources (new and old scrap) exceeded primary production. [3]
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5th-century gold coin of King Ezana.. Aksumite currency was coinage produced and used within the Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum) centered in present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.Its mintages were issued and circulated from the reign of King Endubis around AD 270 until it began its decline in the first half of the 7th century where they started using Dinar along with most parts of the Middle East.