Eritrea – newcomer to global mining
By Lionel Williams – Editor, miningreviewThe emergence in the first quarter of this year of the first modern-day mine in Eritrea, Canadian-based Nevsun Resources Limited's low cost, high grade Bisha goldcopper operation, marks an historic milestone in the development of the country that straddles the horn of Africa as a low-key but growing new entrant on the …
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Nevsun Reports Huge Increase in Resources at Eritrea Mine
Nevsun is required to partner with the Eritrean government for Bisha (it owns 60 percent, while the government owns the remaining 40), and the country's practice of using conscripted labor has ...
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Bisha Project, Eritrea
The Bisha project is located 150km west of Asmara in the Gash-Barka region of Eritrea, East Africa. It includes mining licences covering 16.5km², a mining agreement covering 39km² and an exploration licence for another 71km². Two other mining sites – Bisha main and the north-west zone – also lie within the mining …
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Swiss-Eritrea Links in Gold Mining
The controversial Eritrean gold comes from the Bisha gold mine, located in the middle of the desert. Since 2010, the Canadian company Nevsun mines copper, zinc and especially gold, 40 of which per cent is owned by the Eritrean regime. In order to purify the extracted raw gold into bars, the mining company needs a refinery partner.
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Bisha Mining
The government, both directly and through the Eritrean National Mining Corporation (ENAMCO), is able to take a share in all mining exploitation, as Stan Rogers, general manager of Bisha Mining, explains. "In the case of Bisha …
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Negotiations in African Gold Mining Companies: a …
PDF | On Jan 20, 2024, Yemane Ateshim Negash and others published Negotiations in African Gold Mining Companies: a Case Study Done in Eritrean Bisha Gold Mining Company | Find, read and cite all ...
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How the Nevsun ruling has Extended Human Rights Protections …
In 2014, three Eritrean miners decided to file a class action suit against Canadian company Nevsun Resources Ltd. Nevsun owned 60% of the Bisha Mining Share Company, which operated the Bisha Gold Mine in Eritrea. The plaintiffs alleged violations of human rights under customary international law (CIL), accusing the corporation of being complicit in the …
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Landmark settlement is a message to Canadian …
Nevsun Resources' gold and copper mine in the Bisha mining district in northern Eritrea, adjacent to Sudan. (CBC) The case was first filed in 2014 by former mine workers Gize Yebeyo Araya, Kesete ...
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Video: Inside Eritrea's Bisha mines
Jointly owned by the Eritrean state and Canadian company Nevsun, the mines first produced gold and are now yielding copper and zinc. There are hopes there could be more minerals to extract in the ...
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Nevsun extends life of its Bisha mine in Eritrea until …
Canada's Nevsun Resources (TSX, NYSEMKT:NSU) is extending the life of its flagship copper-zinc Bisha mine in Eritrea to the end of 2022 — 18 months later than the planned end of operations...
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Eritrea Eritrean mining projects return to Toronto Stock Exchange
Alpha Exploration's listing on the TSX would signal the return of Eritrean mining projects to the Canadian stock exchange. Nevsun Resources, the former operator of the Bisha gold, copper and zinc mine, was on the TSX until its takeover by China's Zijin Mining Group in December 2018. Nevsun's last years on the exchange were not happy ones.
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UK junior reports good results from its copper/gold exploration
UK-domiciled junior miner Andiamo Exploration has so far identified a 100 000 oz equivalent copper-gold resource (compliant with the Canadian NI 43 101 standard) at its Yacob Dewar property in ...
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Case Study: Eritrean Mining Industry 1
ABA Rule of Law Initiative 1 Case Study: Eritrean Mining Industry1 I. Case Study Overview Research Question Mining is one of Eritrea's fastest-growing industries.2 The Bisha gold mine alone has reportedly contributed US$800 million to the Eritrean economy since it first opened in 2011,3 and the government hopes to have four additional mines in operation to produce gold, …
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Bisha Mining
its Eritrean subsidiary Bisha Mining Share Company (BMSC). Currently, Bisha is in the advanced construction stage of the oxide (gold) phase which is poised for completion late 2010. This will be closely followed by the supergene (copper) phase. SENET is …
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Eritrea looks to build mining sector to kick-start economy
A general view shows the gold, copper and zinc mining pit at the Bisha Mining Share Company, northwest of Eritrea's capital Asmara, February 17, 2016.
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Mining and Exploration Activities in Eritrea
Bisha is a high grade, low cost mine with 28 million tons @ 1.78 g/t gold, 38.9 g/t silver, 1.6% copper and 3.15 % zinc and indicated and inferred resource of 10.6 million tons @ 0.67 g/t Au, 47.78 g/t Ag, 0.91 percent Cu and …
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Eritrea ENAMCO seeks a repeat of Bisha success story
The government works through the Eritrean National Mining Corp (Enamco) which can acquire up to 40% - and pay for it - in a mining project. Indeed, after Bisha came on line in early 2011 as the first industrial-scale gold mine in Eritrea - it has also been turning out copper since 2013 - Enamco has been intent on achieving a double whammy with ...
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Nevsun poised to extend life of mine in Eritrea
Nevsun's Bisha copper-zinc mine in Eritrea, Africa. Source Nevsun Resources Ltd. Nevsun Resources Ltd. [NSU-TSX; NYSE AMERICAN], the target of a takeover proposal by Euro Sun Mining Inc. [ESM-TSX, CPNFF-OTC] and Lundin Mining Corp. [LUN-TSX; LUMI-Sweden], is set to extend the life of its Eritrea mine. The announcement comes as Nevsun faces growing …
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We were forced to work at Western-run mine, say Eritrean migrants
MONEY PIT: The main excavation at the Bisha mine in northwest Eritrea, which is operated by a Canadian-owned company. The mine, pictured in February 2016, is a source of gold, copper and zinc ore.
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Bisha Mining
The Bisha Mine is a large precious and base metal-rich volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit located 150km west of Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa. Deposit mineralization consists of gold and silver oxides, in addition to copper …
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Alpha Exploration – Exciting New Gold-Copper Discovery in Eritrea
Alpha (TSX-V:ALEX) is an exploration company that is rapidly advancing a number of important gold and base metal discoveries across its owned, large (771 km2) Kerkasha Project in Eritrea. The Aburna Gold Prospect is an exciting new gold discovery covering a very large 7.2km x 2km footprint where recent drilling has established a high-grade ...
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Negotiations in African Gold Mining Companies: a Case Study …
This research deals with negotiation process and practices in African gold mining companies focusing in Eritrea: Bisha gold mining company. It has not been long since African nations got independence from their colonizers. The gold mining quest had been prone to corruption, struggle to cope with new and dynamic technological changes, mistrust among the official members, …
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Bisha mine, Eritrea
Controlling Company: Bisha Mining Share Company (BMSC) comprises Nevsun Resources (60%) and Eritrean National Mining Corporation, which holds the remaining 40% interest. Brief History: Bisha ...
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Eritrea: a Final Frontier for Mineral Explorers
Bisha is in the process of expanding the process facilities in preparation for mining of primary zinc ore. Now, a new breed of explores are testing the potential of what has been described by some as one of the "last frontiers" for miners.
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Slavery charges against Canadian mining company settled on the …
Among the 100 countries was Eritrea, where the operations of the gold, copper and zinc Bisha mine gave rise to one of the most closely observed pieces of litigation in Canada in recent years ...
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Mining and Exploration Activities in Eritrea
Bisha Mining Share Co (BMSC) is a mining company formed by a joint venture agreement between Eritrea's National Mining Corp. (ENAMCO) and Canada's Nevsun Resources Ltd. BMSC managed to successfully start and operate the first modern mine in Eritrea. Bisha mine was commissioned in the end of 2010 and commercial production started in February ...
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Bisha mine and slavery. Eritrea
Zijin- Bisha Mining is an Eritrean company formed for the development and operation of the Bisha Mine in western Eritrea. It is owned by Zijin (55%) and the Eritrean National Mining Corporation (ENAMCO) (45%). ... Gold. Lead. Zinc. Project details and actors. Technical information of the contested project. The Bisha project is located 150km ...
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Underground Mining Trainer job with Bisha Mining | 2317741
BMSC is an Eritrean company formed for the development and operation of the Bisha Mine in western Eritrea, Africa. The Bisha Mine is a high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc mine that commenced production in February 2011. The Bisha Mine has received continuous support from the Eritrean government, who granted the Company's mining license in ...
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Mining: Eritrea digs deep for jobs
According to a Western diplomat based in Asmara: "Mining is the most obvious prospect for short-term job creation in Eritrea." Bisha is setting the benchmark for future mining …
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