Sudan's Gold Sector: Opportunities and Risks

The Sudanese gold industry presents a great opportunity for foreign direct investment. However, as indicated by the unrest caused by socially irresponsible gold mining in Sudan's peripheral regions, there are several reputational and regulatory risks for potential international investors.

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Gold Mining Companies in Sudan

Mining Companies in Sudan: RIDA Gold Mining Company History of RIDA. Rida Group was founded in 1993, and it's the first private mining company in Sudan. The company has shown progress during the past …

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US sanctions firms funding Wagner Group via illegal gold mining …

The Russian mercenary group has been making money from illegal gold trade in Africa. ... In exchange, the Prigozhin-controlled M-Invest received exclusive rights to gold mining in Sudan.

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Russia is plundering gold in Sudan to boost …

Multiple interviews with high-level Sudanese and US officials and troves of documents reviewed by CNN paint a picture of an elaborate Russian scheme to plunder Sudan's riches in a bid to...

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Sudan's gold: The precious metal used to fund …

The gold, taken from the likes of Darfur and Kordofan, is quickly removed from Sudan and transported, under the radar, to countries Hemedti has ties to. Gold mining and trading, coupled with mercenary …

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Sudan's gold: Hemedti's untold power

In 2017, Sudan produced 107 tonnes of gold, making it the third-largest producer on the continent after Ghana and South Africa. ... As for Hemedti, it's clear that the vast amount of money earned from his gold-mining activities is a key enabler of the fearsome power he continues to wield in Khartoum and beyond.

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Sudan's gold industry: opportunity amid geopolitical tension?

Artisanal mining is a key component of Sudan's gold industry, with small-scale miners operating in challenging environments. "Eighty to 85% of [Sudan's] gold is produced through artisanal mining, using traditional methods, tools, limited machinery and environmentally hazardous [processes], making it hugely difficult to regulate ...

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Gold Mining, Sudan

There are more than 40,000 gold mining sites in Sudan. About 60 gold processing companies are operating in 13 states of the country, 15 of them in South Kordofan. According to Dr Saleh, Professor of Environmental Law at the Bahri Univer... See more. Basic data. Conflict name. Gold Mining, Sudan. Conflict country.

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Exposing the RSF's secret financial network

Finding #3: Hemedti and his family have effectively captured part of the Sudanese gold market, and are likely funding the RSF using these profits. Hemedti's rise to power is frequently explained partly by his control of the Jebel Amer gold mines in Darfur, and a gold trading company frequently referred to as Al Junaid. (Letters from the ...

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Documents Reveal Wagner's Golden Ties to Sudanese …

Meroe Gold was set up in Sudan in summer 2017, at a time when Russia and Sudan were strengthening ties and signing cooperation agreements in several sectors, including mining. Sudan's then-president, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, visited Russia in November 2017, and since then signs of Russia's presence in Sudan have proliferated.

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Meyas Sand Gold Project – Sudan – Perseus Mining

The Meyas Sand Gold Project, located in northern Sudan, has the potential to be a valuable large, long-life gold mine for Perseus. Perseus acquired Meyas Sand in May 2022 and plans to finalise infill drilling, revisit a Feasibility Study and Engineering, and prepare its own resource and reserve estimates before preparing a FEED study to enable a final …

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Security elites and gold mining in Sudan's economic transition

After South Sudan's secession in 2011, which led to the loss of 75 per cent of Sudan's oil exports, the gold sector became an important source of foreign exchange. Sudanese companies not traditionally involved in the sector are now heavily invested. The RSF in particular has deep stakes in gold mining.

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Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker: Grassroots resistance to gold

"Sit-ins and other forms of community protests, such as blockades of national highways and stoppage of pumping to Sudan's oil refinery, have become a common, and increasingly frequent, feature of civic opposition" to Sudan's gold mining sector, reported Dr Suliman Baldo on Monday.

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Sudan: Hemeti and the $16bn annual gold exports to the UAE

Her team is advising the new government about how to make mining safer and contribute more to public finances. Mohamed 'Hemeti' Hamdan Dagalo, number two in the transitional government, has substantial interests in the industry. His family company, Al Gunade, is in gold mining and trading, with stakes held by his brother Abdul Rahim …

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Money Is Power: Hemedti and the RSF's Paramilitary …

Second, Hemedti makes money from gold in Sudan and in neighboring countries. Given that the RSF's fighters come from different countries, and because the groups that comprise the militia are generally cross-border nomadic tribes with little recognition of state borders, the RSF is able to enjoy multinational operations in the …

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Socioeconomic and Environmental Implications of Traditional Gold Mining …

It was found that, the small-scale gold mining is responsible for 37 percent of global mercury emissions and is the largest source of air and water mercury pollution (United Nations Environment ...

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Gold in Sudan

The production of gold in Sudan has increased by more than 1,200% in a decade, from 7 tons in 2008 to more than 90 tons in 2017. ... He pointed out that the mining sector accounted for 6 per cent of GDP in 2018 and had a growth rate of 14 per cent. ... This increased the supply of money and pushing inflation up to 63 per cent.

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South Sudanese Turn to Illegal Mining for Survival

South Sudanese residents of Kapoeta state say they found a way to earn money to feed their families: selling gold. Gold mining is illegal in South Sudan, but …

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Sudan's 2022 Gold Production 'Highest in History'

The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company announced the production of more than 18 tons of gold during 2022, describing it as the highest productivity in the history of the mineral sector in Sudan.

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How Wagner plundered Sudan's gold

Wagner's chance to make inroads into Sudan came in ... $13.4bn, $4bn, "either way, the sums of money are enormous". Indeed, but Sudan's gold production was 18 tons in 2022, or 635,000 oz, so about $1.3bn. ... Richard Rolfe 1 year ago $13.4bn, $4bn, "either way, the sums of money are enormous". Indeed, but Sudan's gold production ...

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Russia's Wagner Group 'getting rich in Sudan' from gold mines …

Dagalo, widely known as Hemeti, is a key player in Sudan's gold mining operations. About 70 percent of Sudan's gold production - which has increased rapidly since South Sudan won its ...

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Money making guide/Skilling

For a full list of all the money making methods, see Money making guide. If you have a correction for a guide or have a suggestion for a new method, ... Mining gold ore (Crafting Guild) 35,000: 40 and 40 : Skilling/Mining: Low: Cooking raw salmon: 33,000: 25 (50+ recommended) Skilling/Cooking: Low: Mining coal (free-to-play)

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Sudan Aiming to be Africa's 'Next Major Gold Mining …

This has led to Sudan's mining officials rating the country as Africa's "Next Major Gold Mining Destination". While most the country's mineral reserves remain underdeveloped, mining in Sudan contributes about 90t of gold to the global market per annum, making it the 10th largest gold producer in the world.

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Russia's Wagner Group in Africa: Influence, commercial …

As payment, Prigozhin received exclusive rights to gold mining in Sudan, channeled through his M-Invest company. Before his overthrow in April 2019, Bashir offered a naval base on the Red Sea to ...

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Special Report: The Darfur conflict's deadly gold rush

The gold rush helped boost output by 50 percent last year to around 50 tons, making Sudan Africa's third-largest producer, equal with Mali after South Africa and Ghana, according to official data ...

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How a sanctioned Russian company gained access to Sudan's gold

Meroe, one of dozens of operators in the gold industry, has been investing in Sudan since 2017 — the same year the Treasury says Wagner developed plans for then-dictator Omar al-Bashir to ...

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Artisanal Mining in Sudan

3000-1500 BC: The ancient gold, iron ore and copper mining activities in Nubia in northern and central Sudan. Around 10th Century: Nuba, Beja, Arab and other tribes produced …

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Taking from the poor: A mirror into South Sudan's gold …

Neither the Ministry of Mining nor the Ministry of Trade has data on the country's gold production or trade. But according to export data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC), in 2019, South Sudan exported $47.6M in Gold, making it …

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