Fifty private companies on Sunday signed contracts with the Sudanese government to explore for gold and other minerals in the states of Qadarif, North Kordofan, South Kordofan, Kassala, Red Sea, Northern, and Nahral-Neil, theSudan Tribune reports.
Sudan has been a gold producer since 1991 and exports over three tons of gold annually.
At a ceremony celebrating the new licenses, Sudan’s Minister of Minerals Abdel-Bagi Aljailani said that three companies – from Jordan, China, andTurkey – had already begun producing gold, bringing the number of gold producers operating in Sudan to seven.
In addition, Aljailani said, Sudan would begin building a gold refinery in 2012.
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