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Assessing the Impact of Artisanal Gold Mining in Anka …

This study assessed the impact of artisanal gold mining (AGM) in Abare, Dareta, Gonar Kowar, Shabili, Sunke and Bagega communities in Anka local government area (LGA) of Zamfara State, North ...

Gold Mining in Nigeria

Over the years, there have been metal poisoning related to harmful mining which is the reason why the government is sensitizing the public on the effect of harmful mining. It would be recalled that there has been an increase in the rate of heavy lead and mercury poisoning associated with gold mining, especially in Zamfara State, which led to ...

I'll not disappoint NMA, Zamfara Women Affairs Commissioner …

October 22, 2023. in NEWSNOW. Reading Time: 2 mins read. A A. The Zamfara state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Nafisa Muhammad Maradun, has assured not to disappoint the ...

Inside The Multi-billion Naira Zamfara Gold Mining Facility

Inside The Multi-billion Naira Zamfara Gold Mining Facility** by edudaniel ( m ): 5:43pm On Sep 02. Nuraddeen Auwalu, a middle-aged taxi driver hailing from a Zamfara State community, defies economic hardships by doubling as a casual contract worker in a local mining company. His daily journey to the mining site, concealed beneath his taxi ...

Zamfara gold mining: Niger Delta seeks amendment of …

12 December 2020 | 4:30 am. • Insists On Restructuring. Irked by the alleged double standard displayed by the Federal Government in the Zamfara gold mining saga, individuals and interest groups...

Zamfara, go for gold – Punch Newspapers

But many companies in the West indirectly depend on illegal mining and smuggling. A 2017 survey put annual gold production at 3,247 tonnes with China as the world's top producer; accounting for ...

British firm begins gold mining in Nigeria

Reading Time: 3 mins read. 17. A British firm, Panthera Resources Plc, has announced that its associated company, Moydow Holdings Limited (Moydow), has commenced drilling at its Paimasa Project in ...

Zamfara gold mining: Niger Delta seeks amendment …

Irked by the alleged double standard displayed by the Federal Government in the Zamfara gold mining saga, individuals and interest groups in the Niger Delta are, among other things, calling for an ...

Nigerian gold mining: farmers choose death by lead poisoning …

By the time the rush subsided, Bagega, and seven other villages dotting the Zamfara countryside, had been ravaged by the deadliest lead poisoning epidemic in modern history. At least 460 children ...

How illegal mining is sabotaging the Nigerian economy

It explained why the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, banned mining in Zamfara State two years ago where over 80% of illegal mining for gold takes place.

Nigeria's Enduring "Gold Wars"

Nigeria's Enduring "Gold Wars". A man holds a plastic filter as he prepares to wash gold dust at a local goldmine in Bagega village in the northwestern state of Zamfara on August 14, 2013 ...

ILLEGAL MINING IN AKWA IBOM

8 hours agoThe bitter experience of illegal mining in Zamfara holds lesson for all, writes ETIM ETIM. The first hint that illegal mining of mineral resources has been going on in …

How a Gold Mining Boom is Killing the Children of Nigeria

It is a pattern seen in various parts of the world — children being sickened from exposure to lead from mining activities. But the scale of the problem in Nigeria's gold-mining region of Zamfara is unprecedented: More than 400 children have died and thousands more have been severely poisoned by exposure to lead dust.

ANALYSIS: Shady practices by registered mining companies cost Nigeria

A worrisome trend that suggests shady practice and loss of revenue to the Nigerian government. In the 2016 audit report, it was revealed that the total royalty payment declared by UNICEM, a mining ...

Violence in Nigeria's North West: Rolling Back the Mayhem

The government's April 2019 attempt to prohibit all forms of gold mining in Zamfara state, citing possible links between miners and criminals, has also had limited impact. Authorities have struggled to enforce the ban because of the remote location of many mining sites, limited resources for monitoring compliance and resistance by some ...

Illicit natural resource extraction in Nigeria fuels violence and

Security officials insist that a strong and glaring nexus has been established between the activities of bandits and illicit mining. Data from UN Comtrade revealed that between 2012 and 2018 about 97 tons of gold worth over 3 billion dollars was smuggled out of Nigeria. The wave of rural banditry is said to be a result of a fiefdom of deadly ...

Zamfara gold controversy and echoes of resource control

How would the gold in Zamfara be mined by Zamfara people and it is not a national cake, but the oil in Rivers State? Oil in Ogoni belongs to the Federal …

Climate Change, Conflict, and Resource Extraction: …

Introduction. A tragic lead poisoning outbreak claimed the lives of 400 children and severely poisoned 30,000 more people in isolated artisanal gold mining villages in …

How Chinese, Burkinabes mine gold in Zamfara …

Sat, 9 May 2020 3:49:41 WAT. Despite the ban on illegal mining in Zamfara State by the Federal Government last year, two Chinese miners were arrested over such activities in the state last week. This gives …

Nigeria's latest lithium find: some key questions answered

Lithium price was averagely US$2,000 per metric ton in 2002 rising to US$18,000 in 2018. For the moment the find in Nigeria simply points to the potential of Nigerian pegmatites for lithium ...

Discovering the Hidden Treasure: Mineral Resources Found in …

Nigeria: Cargo Airport

1 hour agoMr Matawalle, last Friday, denied the allegation of embezzling billions from the Zamfara cargo airport project but that denial seems to have opened the Pandora's box as the state government at the ...

APC chieftain faults Zamfara guber election tribunal judgement

17 hours agoAPC chieftain faults Zamfara guber election tribunal judgement. #NigeriaElections2023. #NigeriaElections2023. READ ALSO FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE.

Reviving Nigeria's neglected $700bn mining sector

Nigeria's mining sector boasts 44 different types of commercially viable minerals worth an estimated $700bn, according to SMDF estimates; but limited capital injections, inadequate geo-mapping tools and widespread illegal mining have left the west African nation struggling to capitalise on its reserves.

How Zamfara gold mining resurrected clamour for …

On its part, the Zamfara State government said there was no trade deal on gold between it and the CBN. The state government also …

FG to Matawalle: We own the gold deposits in Zamfara

The federal government has cautioned the Zamfara state government over making impressions of owning gold deposits in the state. ... "It will rather purchase the gold from the mining companies ...

A Closer Look at Colombia's Illegal, Artisanal, and Small-Scale Mining

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, illegal mining operations in the country span over 64,000 hectares, with activities taking place in 970 identified locations. In 2020, an estimated 69 percent of Colombia's gold was mined illegally, up 3 percent from the previous year. For mining to be considered legal in Colombia ...

Banditry: FG declares Zamfara no-fly zone to stop 'gold for arms …

The federal government on Monday declared Zamfara State a 'no-fly zone' to halt the swap of gold for arms by armed bandits, other criminals and illegal gold miners in the state, the Presidency and security sources told Daily Trust Tuesday night. It also banned gold mining in the state even though this is not the first time it is taking this ...

BREAKING: Tension as Bandits Kill Three, Abduct District Head, …

Daniel Daniel October 18, 2023. 1 minute read. About 50 people, including a district head, women, and children, have been abducted by bandits in Bagega, a mining village in Zamfara State. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that three others were killed in the attack, which occurred on Tuesday morning. Residents of the village said that the bandits, who ...

How we found, curbed guns swap with gold in Zamfara – Commissioner

Illegal mining activities and gunrunning have been going on in many parts of the country, but have been pervasive and serious in Zamfara. We discovered some months ago that some people were bringing in guns to buy gold in exchange. This was in a particular part of the state. It was after the rainy season that we discovered that.