February 2015

Potential of artisanal and small-scale gold mines for economic development in Tanzania: A review

The availability of mineral deposits for many decades provides an avenue for improving the economic development of the local artisanal and small scale miners in Tanzania. This study documents different possible locations from various available data and show the characteristics of the existing gold deposits extracted and processed by the artisanal and miners using ArcGIS software. It identifies the challenges of...

Author(s): Ombeni John Mdee