Egypt possesses a wide spectrum of gold-rich (i.e. gold as primary commodity) and gold – enriched (i.e. accessory gold) targets including mesothermal auriferous quartz veins, wall- rock alteration occurring either surrounding these auriferous quartz veins and/or structurally controlled by specific structural features, listwaenite, Algoma-type Banded Iron Formation (BIF), volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits and their keel zones, placer gold and finally dumps and tailings of old gold mining operations (Botros, 2002a; 2004).
1. quartz veins type
2. Alteration zones type
3. Listwaenite " quartz-carbonate rock" type
4. Algoma-type Banded Iron Formation (BIF ) type
5. Volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits type (VMS)
6. Placer gold type
The future of gold potentiality in Egypt entails different targets of gold; diverse in their gold content, mode of occurrence of gold and the metallurgical treatments required for extracting gold.
- According to Dr. Mohammed Abdul-Maksoud, gold at the ancient Pharaohs was like water and air in which they deal in their business and trade exchanges. Found 130 mines according to the statistics of the Antiquities Authority dating back to the era of 1150 BC.
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