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Gambia News : Gambia gets "huge" iron ore
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has
announced the discovery of "huge" deposits of iron ore in his country,
refusing to reveal the exact location of the natural resource until
mineral exerts have finalised their work. In January this year, Mr Jammeh
disclosed the discovery of minerals, including uranium and gold,
assuring his country's capability of exporting its "enough mineral
resources."
Gambian leader broke the news at State House on Wednesday where he had
received an official of the East Line Company, Salah Ezzeddine. The
official, whose company claims to be operating in the United Arab
Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, handed over a cheque of D4 million to
President Jammeh, being the royalty on the export of 10,000 metric
tonnes of sand minerals from The Gambia.
The consignment were seized from Carnegie Minerals Gambia Limited whose
operations had been banned by the government, accusing it of
involvement in illegal operations.
Gambian authorities arrested, detained and arraigned the British
Manager of the Australian firm for his role in the "illegal"
operations. Carnegie was given 24 hours to "come clean" on its
activities or risked expulsion.
Mr Jammeh was confident that "Allah will provide the country with the
best quality iron ore." He said he will make public another discovery
after exportation of the iron ore starts.
Jammeh would not finish his comments without throwing punches at
Carnergie Minerals Gambia Ltd, accusing them of engaging in a "game of
deception." He also accused the company of shipping 400 containers of
sand minerals from The Gambia for tests and failed to inform the
government about the results.
He said "from day one, Carnegie’s intention was to exploit Gambians."
Jammeh said his comments could be supported by the company's failure to
give substantial amounts of money to the government, though it had
exported huge tons of minerals abroad.
East Line representative said his company would do all it could to live
up to expectations and thanked Gambian authorities for giving the
company the space to operate in the country.
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