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The governor of Kapoeta a state that has at least 12 gold sites and whose capital is 186 miles 300 kilometers southeast of Juba said foreigners had seized control of some mines in the
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Gold exploration commences in South Sudan state 1 Min September 13 2024 TORIT Gold exploration has started in Namorunyang one South Sudan s newly created states officials told Sudan
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Experts say South Sudan has the most important and best known sites for artisanal and small scale gold mining found mainly in Kapoeta area Budi County and Luri river basin of Centreal and Eastern Equatoria states Locals primarily use traditional mining techniques panning for gold from seasonal streams in various villages Some estimates put
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Standing in a gold mine outside the South Sudan town of Kapoeta the girl says she digs pits and sifts through soil daily so that her family can sell gold to buy food
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Panning For Gold In South Sudan A Gram At A Time In the desperately poor country some 60 000 informal miners are working by hand to unearth an estimated $660 million worth of gold each year The government is hoping to lure international mining companies to carry out the search on an industrial scale Search QueryShow Search Donate Now News
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Standing in a gold mine outside the South Sudan town of Kapoeta the girl says she digs pits and sifts through soil daily so that her family can sell gold to buy food Sometimes she works so late that she sleeps in the mines overnight she said
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Jul 05 2024· Kapoeta South Sudan Reuters/Adriane Ohanesian But the hunt for gold in this lush green landscape may change on November 12 when the government hopes to pass legislation that will formalise the mining business letting it tax precious metal and mineral exports and sell concessions to large scale investors 24 Oct 2024
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Despite being known primarily as an oil producer South Sudan has substantial gold deposits with activities largely dominated by artisanal mining In addition to artisanal mining there are industrial like operations concentrated in the Gorom and the Kapoeta areas where deposits are believed to be in abundance
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A specialist in new mining frontiers such as Nigeria where he currently mines the Agbaja iron ore project with the company he heads Kogi Iron Kevin Joseph recently made a move into South Sudan AG Vision Mining a Lagos based mining exploration and services company of which Joseph is a board member picked up a gold mining concession in the southeast of the country in late 2024
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The Republic of South Sudan or in short just South Sudan is a country in Africa more specifically it is a landlocked country in the northeastern part of Africa It only became an official independent country in 2024 It is bordered by Sudan Ethiopia Kenya Uganda Central Africa Republic and DR Congo The capital and largest city is Juba South Sudan has a population of over 12 million
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In gold mining regions children work alongside their families in artisanal mining operations especially in the Kapoeta area of Equatoria 10 An estimated 7 600 children are employed in mining shops and other work in the informal economy in Kapoeta There is anecdotal evidence of children selling a drug known as Five a street name for Diazepam a benzodiazepine The drug is
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4MB Mining Ltd is a company formed in January 2024 that has a joint venture with the government of South Sudan The company has been granted the license to explore mine and produce gold and other minerals throughout the country The company is first in securing prospecting rights that begin with a mandate to mine the gold rich Luri Basin and
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Jun 7 2021A The main area where the local gold is being produced in South Sudan is the Kapoeta area and Budi County then Luri river basin There is upper Luri and the lower Luri then close to the
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On his part Louis Lobong Lojore said that the government will give licenses to the selected companies to operate in the gold mining as part of the overall plan to improve non oil revenues in the collection In 2024 the bank of South Sudan announced plans to purchase crude gold locally in a bid to boost the country s economy The particular
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The following maps show the approximate location of mining sites in the counties and payams visited including Lobonok Wonduruba Ganyi Kapoeta and Budi Gold occurrences in Lobonok Payam 60 km south of Juba are found in four bomas Karpeto Kaleng Kit 1 and Yapa
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In the South Sudan the gold mines in Kegulu Kapoeta and other places as well as the copper mines in Hufrat el Nahas in Bahr el Ghazal are evidences of the scourge of mining on the earth s surface The drilling for oil and other underground minerals is a new land use system in South Sudan Oil is a dangerous and long term pollutant on soils
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The geology of South Sudan is founded on Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks that cover 40 percent of the country s surface and underlie other rock units The region was affected by the Pan African orogeny in the Neoproterozoic and extensional tectonics in the Mesozoic that deposited very thick oil bearing sedimentary sequences in rift basins Younger basalts sandstones and sediments
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Day 4 TORIT KAPOETA 6h Breakfast 8 and drive to South Sudan s far East Beautiful landscape along the earth road sometime in really bad shape and few settlements along the way In Camp15 we meet the Boya tribe with beautiful scarifications and nose and lip piercings After an hour drive we reach Toposa tribal territory
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The governor of Kapoeta a state that has at least 12 gold sites and whose capital is about 300 kilometers 186 miles southeast of Juba said foreigners had seized control of some mines in the area in the past year Speaking by phone Louis Lobong Lojore alleged the entire gold business was run by non South Sudanese and said the government is working on policies to empower local
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Kleptocratic Networks and the Gold Trade in Kapoeta The Criminalization of South Sudan s Gold Sector Kleptocratic Networks and the Gold Trade in Kapoeta By the Enough Project April 2024 A Precious Resource in an Arid Land Within the area historically known as the state of Eastern Equatoria Kapoeta is a semi arid rangeland of clay soil dotted with short thorny shrubs and other
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Mr Eriga said the Chinese man who is about 30 years old works at the gold mining site in Kapoeta Yes the men works in South Sudan they are dealing in gold mining he stated Illegal border crossing during the period of the coronavirus fears has been reported in Renk Wau Kajo keji share on Facebook share on Twitter Locusts still a threat to crops FAO FORCES warned for demanding
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South Sudanese Turn To Illegal Mining For Survival Dec 13 2024 file a man shows off his gold to potential buyers in a hotel kapoeta south sudan sept 27 2024 in south sudan ordinary people have been illegally extracting gold from artisanal mines Get Price Spear Mining Mining In South Sudan
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The country and with the curse of Kiir s goldmines in Lauro the country will remain littered with untamed communal and ethnic violence not just in Greater Upper Nile but also in Greater Kapoeta that is for as long as Kiir and Louis Lobong continue to rule with a free hand to sit over Lauro huge gold mines
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It is uses Landsat 8 data sets and literature work to investigate for gold mineralization in Kapoeta South Sudan The study area is bounded by Northing 40°00′00″ and 50°00′00″ and Eastings 33°20′00″ and 34°05′00″ Kapoeta is one of the greenstone belts in the Sudan known to have gold deposits and experienced artisanal mining for many decades This research is conducted
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Peace through education Jemimah Ruth Aarakit works as an education project manager for Adventist Development and Relief Agency in South Sudan The Christian NGO is working in 19 schools in Kapoeta state ADRA engages directly with the community through a methodology called REFLECT The purpose of REFLECT is to empower communities to appreciate
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South Sudan Gold Buying Amp Selling Services Gold Mining in South Sudan the Kapoeta Investment Authority is required to sell any artisan gold to the Bank of South Sudan As of 2024 November artisanal miners will make more profit from selling gold on the black market where traders bid at least 5 400 SSP $44 per gram and up to 7 000 SSP
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South Sudan loses over $200m a year from gold smuggling South Sudan to regulate gold production amid illegal 07 30 32 July 29 JUBA South Sudan has been losing an estimated $200 million a year in illegal gold mining according to an official from the ministry of petroleum and miningThe problem is that there is a lot of gold occurrence in Kapoeta where the natives exploit this gold just in their
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The governor of Kapoeta a state that has at least 12 gold sites and whose capital is about 300 km 186 miles southeast of Juba said foreigners had seized control of some mines in the area
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Mining campany in kapoeta south sudan Gold fever sweeps South Sudan ahead of new mining law Rters 9 Nov 2024 A man shows off his gold to potential buyers in a hotel in Kapoeta South Sudan September 27 2024 New Kush and Consolidated Mineral and Energy Resources Investment Company CMERIC are exploring actively on Oline Chat
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The Criminalization of South Sudan s Gold Sector Apr 09 2024 · Within the area historically known as the state of Eastern Equatoria Kapoeta is a semiarid rangeland of clay soil dotted with short thorny shrubs and other vegetation Precious resources lie below this desolate landscape Eastern Equatoria along with the region historically known as Central Equatoria contains some of the most
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