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Western Region, Western
Prestea-Bogoso gold corridor
Gold ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: sulfide ore.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Century-old underground reef mines along the Ashanti trend, now a patchwork of leases and galamsey pits
Long-documented mining corridor in colonial and modern survey records.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
abandoned shafts, mercury contamination
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