Here’s the list of the natural resources found in each of the 36 states in Nigeria and the FCT 1) Abia: Gold, Lead/Zinc, Limestone, Oil/Gas & Salt. 2) Abuja: Cassiterite, Clay, Dolomite, Gold, Lead/Zinc, Marble & Tantalite. 3) Adamawa: Bentonite, Gypsium, Kaolin & Magnesite. 4) Akwa Ibom: Clay, Lead/Zinc, Lignite, Limestone, Oil/Gas, Salt & Uranium. […]

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Artisanal and small scale miners in Mubende and Kassanda areas are set to return to their former mining areas after receiving a new exploration license. It comes after three years of frustration and persistent lobbying by the miners. In 2017, thousands of artisanal and small scale miners prospecting for gold […]

Unlike bitcoin or stock prices, the gold price has remained “strong and stable” during the coronavirus outbreak, gold market and finance expert Dimitri Speck believes. He also thinks that silver is “rather attractive” at the moment. A troy ounce of gold currently costs $1,793 US (about €1,587). Gold market expert Dimitri Speck assessed the current […]

Ever since the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a global pandemic at the beginning of March 2020, one item that has been on high demand is not the vaccine, but gold. Gold has climbed by 14 percent, the highest it has ever sold in a decade. While the world closed its doors to COVID-19, there […]

A man works at an illegal refinery that processes gold tailings in Uganda. Most of the gold exported from Uganda does not originate from here. PHOTO/DW.COM  Uganda has continued to offer an exit route for gold smuggled from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite international concerns of fueling conflict in the country. Multiple […]