{"id":551,"date":"2017-01-30T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/mining\/"},"modified":"2017-01-30T14:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:00:28","slug":"mining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/uganda\/mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment Opportunities in Mining Sub-Sector Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mining in Uganda offers a variety of opportunities which may include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Precious Metals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gold, silver, platinum occur in all regions of Uganda. 8 million ounces of gold have been proven; further exploration will discover more potential areas for precious metals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iron ore<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The new airborne data led to discovery of over <strong>160 million tonnes <\/strong>reserves of iron ore (<strong>haematite<\/strong>) in SW of Uganda.<\/li>\n<li>Over <strong>100 million tonnes <\/strong>of iron ore (<strong>magnetite<\/strong>) have been explored in SE Uganda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feasibility studies to process Ugandan\u2019s iron ore using methane gas (from oil fields) and imported coal to final products are underway<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rare Earth Elements (REE); potential exist in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Isolated <strong>pegmatites <\/strong>in SW Uganda, <strong>Carbonatit<\/strong>e centres in Eastern Uganda (Sukulu, Butiriku, Bukusu, Napak).<\/li>\n<li>Aluminous clays enriched in Scandium, Gallium, Yttrium and REE in Makuutu area (SE Uganda) is estimated at <strong>3 billion tonnes <\/strong>with grades of 23% REE and 27% Alumina.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other commodities include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Base metals: <\/strong>Copper, cobalt, Lead, Zinc, PGMs<\/li>\n<li><strong>3 Ts: <\/strong>Tin, Tantalite (coltan) &amp; Tungsten.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Industrial Minerals: <\/strong>Dimension stones (from Marble and Granite) and Glass sand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geothermal energy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Main areas under exploration are: <strong>Buranga, Katwe, Kibiro, Panymur.\u00a0<\/strong>All in Western Rift Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Other minerals whose potential has not been established include the following among others;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Limestone<\/li>\n<li>Phosphates<\/li>\n<li>Nickel iron<\/li>\n<li>Ore gold<\/li>\n<li>Vermiculite<\/li>\n<li>Salts<\/li>\n<li>Beryllium<\/li>\n<li>chronite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mining in Uganda offers a variety of opportunities which may include: Precious Metals Gold, silver, platinum occur in all regions of Uganda. 8 million ounces of gold have been proven; further exploration will discover more potential areas for precious metals Iron ore The new airborne data led to discovery of over 160 million tonnes reserves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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