A Gold Rush in South Sudan?
South Sudan is hoping a new mining law will attract foreign companies to the country's eastern region, where thousands of people, armed with just picks and pans, are hunting for gold.
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South Sudan:
South Sudan Hopes New Mining Law Will Unearth Treasures
VOA, 1 June 2013
South Sudan won independence and vast oil reserves in 2011, when it split from civil war foe Sudan. As the rocky relationship with its northern neighbor jeopardizes oil exports,… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Parliament Debates the Mining Bill
Citizen, 11 April 2012
The National Legislative Assembly yesterday debated the Mining Bill 2012 after the report was presented to the parliament by Chairperson of Committees of Energy, Mining, Commerce… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Australia Urges Transparency in South Sudan's Mining Industry
Sudan Tribune, 18 June 2012
South Sudan should expedite its mining legislation as a mechanism to address transparency accountability and proper management in the country's mining sector, Tim Fischer, the… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Nation Open to Investment in Oil and Minerals
Sudan Tribune, 31 March 2012
South Sudan is open to investment in the oil and minerals sector, the country's deputy minister of petroleum and mining told Sudan Tribune on Saturday, explaining that it is in the… Read more »
Children work in the processing site at a gold mine (file photo).