Mining Investment in The Gambia

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Mining Investment in The Gambia

• Message from the President
• "We want to transform the Gambia into a trading,
  export-oriented agricultural and manufacturing
  nation, thriving on free market policies and a
  vibrant private sector, sustained by a
  well-educated , trained , skilled healthy,
  self-reliant and enterprising population and in
  so doing bring to fruition this fundamental aim
  and aspiration of Vision 2020."

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Mining Investment in The Gambia

• Many Natural Resources Including Petroleum
  Prospects abound in The Gambia with Federal
  Capital in Banjul
  
• The President Alh. Yayah Jammeh, Continues to be
  among the most pragmatic and dynamic west African
  leaders seeking foreign Investment into the
  nation.
• The Government continues to monitor research
  findings on the possibility for more mineral
  deposits, especially those with higher marketing
  value whilst staying mindful of conservation and
  environmental preservation issues

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Mining Investments in The Gambia

• Known Mineral Deposits in The Gambia includes
• Quartz sand
• Heavy Mineral Beach Sand deposits
• Hydro Carbon potential
• Liquefied Petroleum Gas

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Mining Investment in The Gambia

• QUARTZ SAND
• Large reserves of quartz (silica) sand, suitable
  for glass manufacture, have been identified in
  the Greater Banjul Area, notably in Abuko,
  Brufut, Darsilami (Western Division) Mbankam and
  Bakendik (North Bank Division) and Kaiaf, (Lower
  River Division). The Government continues to seek
  interested investors to exploit these deposits

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Mining Investments in The Gambia

• HEAVY MINERAL BEACH SANDS DEPOSITS
• The raised beach sand, which is characteristic of
  The Gambia's coastal beaches, contain ilmenite,
  rutile, and zircon. The deposits were briefly
  mined in the past and recently the Government is
  keen in attracting interested investors in
  exploiting the deposits.
• The estimated reserves of recoverable minerals
  yield a conservative total of about 995,000
  tonnes at a 1 cut-off grade. Further
  investigations will be conducted to update the
  reserve base of these minerals

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Mining Investments in The Gambia

• HYDRO CARBON POTENTIAL
• The Gambia depends on imported petroleum
  products. The government recognizes the critical
  need for secure and stable supply of petroleum
  products and the need to stabilize prices to
  avoid induced inflation.
• The government therefore welcomes potential
  investors and collaborators in improving storage.
  In regards to petroleum prospects (hydro carbon
  potential).
• The Gambia has promising prospects and the
  government is relentlessly collecting, updating
  and storing the relevant seismic data and
  marketing the prospects to interested oil
  companies and businesses

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Mining Investments in The Gambia

• LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG)
• All liquefied petroleum gas in The Gambia is
  imported overland from Senegal. LPG is mostly
  used for domestic purposes and on a limited scale
  for industrial purposes.
• Transaction costs in importing and bottling gas
  have resulted in large price differentials
  between Senegal and The Gambia. This makes gas
  unaffordable to most Gambians, and hence
  constituting a severe limitation on the promotion
  of the use of LPG.

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Mining Investments in The Gambia

• The Gambia welcomes Potential Canadian nay North
  American Investor to Banjul. Gambia has a virile
  culture of welcoming foreigners and fostering a
  long lasting synergies.
• Thank You