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Tibesti

Kouri Bougoudi gold zone

Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

High-desert gold rush zone at the Libya border repeatedly cleared by the army since 2013

Widely documented Tibesti gold rush.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

armed groupsLandmines, extreme remoteness

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