Sukari mine
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 Sukari mine
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| Red Sea Governorate | |
| Country | Egypt |
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| Production | |
| Products | Gold |
| Production | 420,000 oz/y |
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| Opened | 2009 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Centamin |
The Sukari mine or Alsukari mine (Arabic: السكري Al-Sukkari, Egyptian pronunciation: El-Sokkari) is a Gold Mine located in the Nubian Desert/Eastern Desert near the Red Sea in Egypt in the south-east of the country in the Red Sea Governorate,[1] 30 km south of Marsa Alam. It is exploited jointly by the Egyptian Ministry of Mineral Resources and Centamin. It is Egypt's first modern gold mine,[2] an industry considered to have scope for expansion in the country. Egypt was known in the ancient world as being a source of gold, and one of the earliest available maps shows a gold mine at this location.[3]
It is a combination of an open-pit mine and an underground mine, with estimated reserves of 15.4 million oz of gold.[1] The site is supplied by a 30 km long pipeline bringing water from the Red Sea.
History
The $265-million project began gold production began in 2009 with 850 workers. The initial yield was 2 g/t, with future yields expected to rise to between 5 g/t and 10 g/t.[4]
In October 2012 owner Centamin's license for the Sukarim mine was annulled by an Egyptian court,[2] in December operations were suspended over a payment dispute and exports were halted.[5] Within a week significant parts of the disupte with the Egyptian bureaucracy were resolved and exports were resumed.[6]
By 2014 production had risen to 250,000 oz in the first nine months, with a target figure for the entire year of 420,000 oz.[7]
References
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- ↑ A special report on Egypt The Economist
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