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Busia, Eastern Region

Busia gold belt

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sulfides.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Greenstone gold on the Kenya border worked by Uganda's oldest artisanal cooperatives

Documented Tiira cooperative field in mining studies.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

shaft collapses

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