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Moroto, Northern Region

Rupa goldfields

Gold ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Karamoja placer and reef gold dug by Karamojong communities for decades

Documented artisanal field in Ugandan mining studies.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote, heat, patchy security history

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