Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest geological formations, consisting of ancient, continental crust that has ...

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.

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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 ...