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Red Sea Governorate, Red Sea

Sukari gold mine

Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
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

Egypt's first modern large-scale gold mine, producing since 2009 on ancient workings

Documented operation on a long-known deposit.

Before you go

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military zones

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