Saturday, 29 September 2012

al-sokary mine in Egypt

  



Is a huge gold mine is located in the Jebel diabetes located in the desert of Nubia (part of the Eastern Desert), 30 km south of Marsa Alam in the Egyptian Red Sea Governorate. A candidate because ranks among the 10 largest gold mines in the world. Exploited «Company diabetes», a joint venture between the Mineral Resources (Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Egyptian) and «Centamin Egypt» owned by an Egyptian businessman (and Corporate Center Australia), after acquired company exploited previously «company Pharaonic to gold mines». The mine is Egypt's first gold in the modern era, but the industry room for expansion in Egypt. Egypt also they were known in the past as a source of gold, and the show is one of the oldest available maps in mine site.

Production

Gold production started late because of a problem in crackers materials, producing the first experimental alloy in 2009, and production began in that year at a rate of 30 thousand ounces per year, and then had been drilled 1,600 holes into the heart of accumulation quantity of 12 million ounces. The increased production during 2010 to 200 thousand ounces per year on a regular basis. It is expected that the gold content is 2 grams per tonne extractor. Also found on the last accumulation expected exploited, and hoped to be harvested between 5 and 10 grams per tonne extractor. It is expected to increase even up to 500 thousand ounces in the Coming years.

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