The north of Africa shares a boundary with Asia. Africa is surrounded by the Indian Ocean in the east, the South Atlantic Ocean in the south-west and the North Atlantic Ocean in the north-west.

West Africa has been a renowned gold mining hub ... These methods have proved highly beneficial in identifying specific features and discovering new mineral deposits when applied to remote sensing ...

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