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E-book A Ritual Geology : Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa

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On a cloudless afternoon in June 2017, three Senegalese geologists visit the edge of the exploration permit of their employer, the small Australian gold- mining firm Bassari Resources.1 The permit sits in the region of Kédougou, in southeastern Senegal, bordering Guinea and Mali. More than three-quarters of the region’s surface area, which stands at over 16,000 square kilometers, is covered by gold-exploration permits and mining concessions. These geol-ogists spent nearly a decade modeling the scope and concentration of gold within a dense basalt rock gold deposit known as Makabingui. Formerly a Maninka place name for a small stream, Makabingui now names a roughly one-million-ounce gold deposit lying directly underfoot. The geologists oversee the work of a Canadian firm subcontracted to diamond-drill core samples to reveal the mineral profile of soils hundreds of feet under ground. The field is ochre red from iron-laden soils oxidizing in the savanna heat. Stripped of all foliage, the earth looks exposed and moonlike.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

333.8 AVI a

Penerbit

Durham : Duke University Press., 2022

Deskripsi Fisik

329 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781478023074

Klasifikasi

333.8

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

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Subjek

Subsurface Resources
Geology

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

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