On coming to power, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola struck a partnership with the federal government to develop the gold mining sector in Osun State and the pilot scheme of the Presidential Initiative ...
The initiative in Osun, Kebbi and other states, is based on the volume of available gold deposits and the willingness of the state governments to develop the mining sector to generate resources ...
Mar 14, 2015· This paper identified 37 mining sites in ten gold mining communities of Ijesaland, Nigeria; examined the forms, levels and extent of land degradation resulted from mining activities; analyzed spatial pattern of land use and finally assessed the effects of mining on livelihood of the people.
Jul 04, 2015· Justification The supply of Gold at an economic rate of 850 ounces per day is the only rate that can last Osun State for the period of 50 years and more without diminishing in quantity.
Feb 15, 2013· While the picture that meets the eye portrays a dismal depiction, gold prospecting and mining over a two-century time span is a strong testament of the town's rich deposit of gold ore. Located in Atakunmosa West Local Government of Osun State, Itagunmodi town (formerly known as Igbo Nla) is dwarfed by an imposing background of a vast Ora ...
Nov 30, 2017· The Osun State Government has signed an agreement worth N216bn with a Chinese firm, Jiangsu Wuxi Taihu Cocoa Food Company Limited, on the establishment of an industrial park in the state ...
Seven suspected illegal miners have been arrested by the Osun State Government for illicit gold mining activities. The suspects were nabbed in Itagunmodi community in Atakumosa West Local Government Area of the state while carrying out the illegal activities at some farm lands and cocoa plantations Special Adviser to the Governor on Mineral and [.]
Mar 21, 2016· He alluded to one Segilola Gold Limited, a gold exploration company with operational base in Osun State which exports over 620,000 ounces of gold annually which amounts to over N2.2 trillion turnovers as an indication of the amount of money .
mining, and agricultural activities. 5. Gold mining is often associated with . Heavy Metals Speciation and Human Health Risk Assessment at an Illegal Gold Mining Site in Igun, Osun State, Nigeria. Background. There is increasing global concern over the health effects of heavy metals arising from various anthropogenic activities, especially mining.
Gold and silver are found to -be of economic quantity in Osun State. Hypothesis 2 (Gem Stones) Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Garnet, Stauroljte and Zircon, Rutile are found to be of economic quantity in Osun State. Hypothesis 3 (Metallic Minerals) Columbite, Iron-ore Cassiterite are found to be of economic quantity in Osun State.
Nov 07, 2017· The State of Osun will in no distant time be free from the scourge of illegal mining. This is because efforts geared towards eradicating the menace .
May 27, 2011· NIGERIA IS REPUTED TO HAVE RICH DEPOSITS OF GOLD,HOWEVER, SOME OTHERS SEEMS TO BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS AS ILLEGAL GOLD MINNING IS REPORTEDLY THRIVING IN ILESHA,OSUN STATE.
In what looked like a pragmatic approach to end the ugly situation, the ministry, through its Safer Mining Project, was in Osun State recently to inspect, train and reward stakeholders in the gold ...
Jul 10, 2019· Scores of Ijesha traditional rulers in Osun State on Wednesday appealed to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to quickly put a stop to mining activities in .
Jul 14, 2019· Monarchs in Ijeshaland of Osun State have called on Governor Gboyega Oyetola to suspend mining activities over the growing insecurity in the .
Ilesha, town, Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. It lies in the Yoruba Hills and at the intersection of roads from Ile-Ife, Oshogbo, and Akure. The town is one of the oldest settlements in Yorubaland—according to tradition, it was founded by an owa ("king") who was one of the 16 sons of the deity
The Company was established in August 2010. Kinsfield Energy has acquired three gold prospecting licenses since her inception. The prospects are located in Kogi and Osun States, Nigeria. Kinsfield Energy is currently prospecting for more gold field opportunities in Osun State, Nigeria.
Currently there are two gold mining companies in Nigeria. Segilola Nigeria Limited has a license to mine gold in Osun State, and Geotechniques Nigeria Limited has a license to mine gold in Kebbi State. Five other companies are mining for tin, iron ore, coal, lead, and zinc. Deposits of gold .
OSUN State, like many others in the country, has potentials to be great, sadly, every successive administration has failed to harness the God-given resources, particularly, large deposit of gold ...
The initiative in Osun, Kebbi and other states, is based on the volume of available gold deposits and the willingness of the state governments to develop the mining sector to generate resources and to create jobs for their people.
Kogi Mines, which is an an Australian mining firm, would mine iron ore at Agbaja area of Kogi State, while Segilola Nigeria Limited would mine gold at the Iperindo axis of the IIesha gold schist ...
The other Nigerian states that have gold deposits include Abuja, Abia, Bauchi, Cross River, Edo, Osun, Niger, Sokoto, Kebbi, Oyo State, Kogi, Zamfara, and Kaduna. The Problems of Gold Mining in Nigeria. The major problem in the development of the gold industry is .
The gold deposit in Osun state is worth about $5 billion in today's price, according to a research finding by Olugbenga Akindeji Okunlola, a professor of geology at the University of Ibadan. At ...
THE Federal Government has struck a partnership with the Osun and Kebbi state governments to develop gold mining. The pilot scheme of the "Presidential Initiative to streamline gold mining for the benefit of the people, the artisans and the governments", is soon to be launched. Three others ...