Please see below for information on the companies contracted to explore oil
etc in The Gambia.
Fortunately for the people, some of us know It always years between the time
oil is discovered and the time that oil starts to flow and hopefully by then
we would have gotten rid of the APRC dictatorship because just imagine what
they will do if they are in power when Gambia can benefit from this oil. Talk
about filling up their pockets with loot and going on a killing spree to silence
people! Do Gambians really believe that this regime will use such proceeds for
the betterment of the Gambian people after what we have witnessed so far
under this dictatorship?
However, it makes a great propaganda tool especially in these times when
Gambians are paying D15 for a cup of palm oil and things are falling apart from
under the feet of the APRC. Time will tell if this will save this regime.
Jabou Joh
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THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF THE GAMBIA, GUINEA-BISSAU, AND SENEGAL—200015.1THE
MINERAL INDUSTRIES OFTHE GAMBIA,GUINEA-BISSAU,ANDSENEGALBy Philip A.
SzczesniakTHE GAMBIAThe mineral industry of The Gambia was a minor componentof the
national economy, with some oil exploration andproduction of clays for brick,
laterite, sand and gravel, and silicasand. The Gambian economy was dominated by
agriculture andtourism.
Fusion Oil and Gas plc of Australia signed a 6-year oilexploration/production
license for a 5,000-square-kilometer(km2) offshore tract (World Oil, 2000, p.
91). Other companieswith oil interests in The Gambia were Planet Oil
Internationalplc (a subsidiary of Hardman Resources NL of Australia) andB almain
Resources Pty Ltd. of Australia.Carnegie Corporation Ltd. of Australia announced
positive results of a test for zircon in a high-grade stockpile within their
license area in The Gambia; the company noted that arrangingefficient and
low-cost operations to produce a commerciallysalable zircon product was possible
(Carnegie Corporation Ltd.,September 30, 2000, Review of operations, accessed
March 7,2001, at URL http://www.carnegiecorp.com.au/reports/qtr30sept00.htm).Two
additional mineral deposits under examination were theAbuko quartz sand deposit
and the Sanyang heavy mineralsdeposit. The Abuko deposit contains more than 5
million metrictons (Mt) of quartz sand that may be used in the production
ofglass products. The estimated investment for furtherdevelopment was $225,000
(Mines ’98, 1998, Abuko quartzsand—The Gambia, accessed June 12, 2001, at
URLhttp://www.mines98.com/projects/20.htm). The Sanyangdeposit contains 1 Mt of
heavy minerals at a 1% cutoff grade. An investment of $252,000 would be needed
for geologicexploration, chemical analysis, and bulk sample and pilot
planttesting (Mines ’98, 1998, Sanyang heavy minerals deposit—TheGambia, accessed June
12, 2001, at
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