• Developing a High Grade Gold Mine in Eritrea

    Gold Mine in Eritrea. Africa Down Under . 31 August – 2 September 2011 TSX: CXN. ASX: CHN. Disclaimer and Competent Persons Statement This presentation does not include all available Information on Chalice Gold Mines Limited and should not be used in

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  • Eritrea Economic Outlook | African Development Bank ...

    Recent macroeconomic and financial developments Eritrea was affected by a locust invasion and the COVID–19 pandemic, which combined to impede economic activity in 2020. Real GDP is expected to decline by %, compared with growth of % in 2019. Pandemicrelated disruptions of supply chains and working hours, and containment measures such as travel restrictions hurt growth.

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  • Nevsun lawsuit (re Bisha mine, Eritrea)

     · In November 2014, three Eritreans filed a lawsuit against Nevsun Resources in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They allege the company was complicit in the use of forced labour by Nevsun's local subcontractor, Segen Construction (owned by Eritrea's ruling party), at the Bisha mine in Eritrea. Nevsun, headquartered in Vancouver, has ...

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  • Australian Mining Company defends Eritrea at the UN ...

     · Eritrea is particularly notorious for its widespread use of forced labour through its indefinite military conscription program. In 2014, a lawsuit was brought in Canada against Nevsun by three Eritrean refugees who allege they were forced to work in slavelike conditions at Nevsun's Bisha mine.

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  • Slavery charges against Canadian mining ...

     · In 2014, three Eritrean plaintiffs launched a classaction lawsuit in the British Columbia Supreme Court against a Vancouverbased mining company, Nevsun Resources. They alleged that they had suffered human rights abuses at the Bisha mine, including slavery and torture, as well as a variety of domestic violations, including assault, battery and unlawful confinement.

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  • Mining in East Africa :: Eritrea

     · These include major players involved in East Africa's mining sector such as Acacia Mining, which owns three gold mines and a number of exploration projects in Tanzania, AngloGold Ashanti, which owns the Geita mine in Tanzania, QIT Madagascar Minerals, which is 80% owned by Rio Tinto and Tinco Investments, Rwanda's largest tin and tungsten producer.

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  • Bisha Mining

    The Bisha Mine is a large precious and base metalrich volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit loed 150km west of Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa. Deposit mineralization consists of gold and silver oxides, in addition to copper and zinc massive sulfides. The Mine went into production in February 2011 and produced lowcost gold for the first ...

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  • Nevsun Resources Ltd describes reported attack on Eritrea ...

     · The mine is extremely important to the Eritrean economy, which would make it a logical target for the government's enemies. Nevsun has faced a very rocky ride to develop Bisha. Back in 2004, Eritrea's autocratic government kicked all the mining companies out .

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  • Colluli Potash Mine, Danakali Depression, Eritrea, Eastern ...

    The Colluli potash project is a lowcost, longlife sulphate of potash (SOP) project under development in Eritrea, Eastern Africa. The opencut, highgrade potash project is being developed by Colluli Mining Share Company (CMSC), a 50:50 joint venture partnership between Australia's Danakali and Eritrean National Mining Corporation (ENAMCO).

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  • Essel Group Middle East acquires Potash Mines in Eritrea

     · Interu Mining and Trading, DMCChas been granted the exploration license by the govt. of Eritrea. Earlier this year the license was issued to NGEx Resources Inc of Canada. This license area is 150 kilometres southeast of the capital city of Asmara. "We have broadened our mining portfolio with the acquisition of key assets in Eritrea.

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  • Eritrea: Mining companies dig in despite evidence of human ...

    Mining companies dig in despite mounting evidence of human rights abuses. Eritrea Focus statement. 6 November 2015 On 29 October 2015, obviously very pleased with themselves, Nevsun Resources announced from Vancouver their seventh consecutive quarterly profit for JulySeptember 2015.

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  • Eritrean Ministry of Energy and Mines and SOLARCENTURY LTD ...

     · The Eritrean Ministry of Energy and Mines and SOLARCENTURY LTD (UK) signed a contract on 20 January 2017. This contract foresees the supply, installation and commissioning of Solar PV Generation System intended for the creation of a Mini Grids ( MW) to two rural towns and surrounding villages in Eritrea and is a first step for a bigger project that will improve the livelihoods .

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  • Bisha Mine in Eritrea Experienced Vandalism, Not Airstrike

     · "The Bisha Mine experienced an act of vandalism..." Nevsun Resources Ltd. ProEthiopian regime bloggers reported that "Ethiopian Airforce conducted airstrike at a gold mine processing facility, near the capital Asmara", so far both Ethiopian and Eritrean officials didn't confirm whether or not the airstrike took place.

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  • Forced Labour in Eritrea: in Light of the HRW Report on ...

     · Forced Labour in Eritrea: in Light of the HRW Report on Mining Companies and Abuse of Forced Labour. With a population of about 5 million, Eritrea is a small country loed in the horn of Africa, along the red sea. Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia .

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  • "Demystifying Eritrea: the Ground Reality, Mining and ...

    Eritrean National Mining Company (ENAMCO). Thus, integrating local communities throughout the whole process from prospecting, exploration to actual production as mandatory. The reality of doing business in Eritrea was highlighted by the speakers who explained to the audience that mining is important for the economic and self

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  • The hottest place on earth: The salt mines of Danakil ...

     · Decorated British desert explorer Wilfred Thesiger once called it a "land of death". National Geographic christened it the "cruellest place on earth"; yet for this basin in North Eastern Ethiopia bordering Eritrea, tens of thousands of families have earned their income and livelihoods from mining one of the most precious commodities: salt.

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  • The Hidden Costs of the Bisha Mine: Human Rights Abuses in ...

     · The mine is so crucial to Eritrea's economy that in 2012, Canada accounted for 95% of the country's exports. The Embassy of Canada to Sudan claims the "mine is expected to raise the Eritrean GDP by several percentage points." On June 6, 2015, the UN Human Rights Council published a 484page report detailing the human rights situation in ...

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  • gold mining in eritrea news

    Eritrea: Twenty Four Workers Massacred in a Gold Mining Area. Apr 12, 2010· In a news article, Poor Eritreans increasingly joining gold rush (Feb 03, 2010), reported by Jeremy Clarke it was reported that the poor of Eritrea are participating in the gold rush.

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  • Mining and Exploration Activities in Eritrea (Part III ...

     · Mining and Exploration Activities in Eritrea (Part III) Sahar Minerals Ltd. is a privately owned exploration company established and registered in Bermuda in early 2009. In February 2010 it was able to acquire two exploration licenses (Augaro and Harab Suit) in Eritrea. Sahar took over operation of the Augaro property from EritreaChina ...

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  • Eritrea mining investors risk violating human rights ...

     · Bisha, Eritrea's only operational mine, produced 614m of ore in a year, but claims of human rights abuses are raising concern. Photograph: Nevsun Resources Ltd

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  • Colluli Potash Project in Eritrea Alleged to "Employ ...

     · Eritrea's Colluli Potash Project was also one of such attempts to attract foreign direct investment. The mine is among the country's closest potash loions to a seaport. Being about 16 km below the surface, it is also the shallowest and the only opencut mine of this kind in Eritrea.

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