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Inchiri, Dakhlet Nouadhibou

Tasiast gold mine area

Gold ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Archean greenstone gold in open desert, mined at scale since 2007

Documented in company geology and Mauritanian mining records.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open desert, no services

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