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Wonders of Geology

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Explore new rock in the world

واحدة من عجائب الجيولوجيا واكثرها غموضاً

صخور المويراكى ..واحدة من عجائب الجيولوجيا واكثرها غموضاً احدى الألغاز التي حيرت علماء الجيولوجيا .صخور المويراكي “Moeraki”، وهي صخور دائرية الشكل مجهولة المنشأ. شكلها الكروي الغريب والتجويف الداخلي وقشرتها الخارجية المتصدعة وتواجدها في أماكن غير متوقعة جعلها سراً من أسرار الجيولوجيا. بعض الصخور تشكلت من الحجارة، والبعض الآخر من الحديد، وتقدر أعمارها من 5 إلى 50 مليون سنة ، ومن المذهل بأن هذه الصخور قد تشكلت أيضاً على سطح المريخ، ويفيد العلماء بأن ذلك حدث بسبب صواعق البرق . شوهدت الصخور أيضاً في الصين وفي البوسنة، وحتى في كوستاريكا حيث يُعتقد بأن حضارة الأولمك هي التي صقلتها، و أيضاً صخور تم اكتشافها في روسيا في إحدى قرى سيبيريا و فرنسا و نراها في الأرجنتين حيث تتفاوت في الأحجام وغالباً ما توصف بأنها “قنابل المدافع المتحجرة” و على شاطئ “باولنغ بول” في كاليفورنيا سنأخذكم في جولة إلى عدة مناطق حول العالم حيث تواجدت تلك الصخور الغامضة

Moeraki rocks .. one of the wonders of geology and the most mysterious
Moeraki rocks .. and one of the wonders of geology, one of the most mysterious puzzles that baffled geologists. Rocks Moeraki  "Moeraki", a circular shape rocks of unknown origin. Spherical form of the stranger, the internal cavity and the outer shell cracked, and its presence in unexpected places make them the secrets of the geology. Some rocks were formed of stone, others of iron, with an estimated useful lives of 5 to 50 million years, it is amazing that these rocks may also be formed on the surface of Mars, scientists report that this happened because of lightning strikes. Seen rocks also in China and Bosnia, and even in Costa Rica where it is believed that the civilization Alawlmk is refined, and also rocks were discovered in Russia in a village in Siberia, France, we see in Argentina, where varying in sizes and are often described as "bombs, cannons petrified" and on the beach "Paulng Paul" Snakhzkm in California on a tour of several areas around the world where the mysterious rock that existed

                           

 

 

The Dinosaur Egg Boulders of Moeraki

Often, nature teases our reason and challenges us to more creatively evaluate her beauty. Like an elderly woman wishing her husband would view her like he did when they were young, Mother Nature asks us to view her imaginatively like we did when we were children. She shows us amazing phenomena like painted landscapes, psychedelic hot springs and clouds that resemble UFOs to remind us that nature can be most magical when not viewed through the strict lens of science. Henry David Thoreau wrote in Walden that the poet's approach to nature will always be superior to the approach of farmers or naturalists, because only a poet can be inspired by nature's purity, without wanting to dissect it into logic. If we adopt a poetic approach to the Moeraki Boulders of New Zealand, rocks can become dinosaur eggs.

 

 The Moeraki Boulders also have an explanation rooted in myth. According to Maori legend, a canoe was wrecked along the New Zealand coast carrying a cargo of eel baskets, calabashes and kumaras, which petrified into rock when they fell onto the land. The boulders are symbols of the ship's loss.

 

  
 Scientifically, the Moeraki Boulders are formations of cemented mudstone, shaped by coastal erosion. They are composed of mud, fine silt, and clay. They are predominantly spherical, though some are slightly elongated. All are huge – measuring up to 9 feet in diameter and weighing several tons. The Moeraki Boulders are a popular tourist attraction for their rarity, and suggestive shape.

VMS program in Sudan

Depth of La Mancha's Hassai Pit VMS Lens doubles
AMC plan to drilling 100000 meters on January, 2012

La Mancha Resources Inc. (TSX: LMA, hereinafter "La Mancha" or "the Company") is pleased to report that a longhole drilled from the southern edge of the Hassai pit at its Hassai property in Northeast Sudan has intersected 36 meters (apparent width, corresponding to a true width of about 20 meters) of massive and strongly disseminated sulphides at 600 meters down dip from the existing pit. This news is material to the rapid unfolding of La Mancha's VMS project in Sudan as a) it suggests that the previously-discovered VMS lens, which starts at the bottom of Hassai pit, might be at least twice as long as originally established in December 2008 (up to 700 meters) (see Figure 1 below), and b) the drill intersection seems to contain visible signs of chalcopyrite, often associated with a high copper content. Laboratory assay results should be available in 6 to 8 weeks.

Michel Cuilhe, President and CEO of La Mancha, stated: "Our April 2009 size estimate of 60 million tonnes for the Hassai VMS conceptual deposits may need to be revised upward significantly if the assay results for this hole confirm that the lens extends over a length of 700 meters rather than our initial approximation of 350 meters. We are delighted by this hole, as it makes an already promising project look even better."
Although the results of this recent hole will not be included in the preliminary 43-101 resource estimate to be issued by the end of August 2009, the Company remains confident that the initial resource will meet the previously-stated 60 million tonne forecast.
NEXT STEPS
As mentioned above, the calculation of the Hassai pit resource is well advanced and the Company expects to release the results by the end of August. The 43-101 resource estimate for the second VMS target on the property, Hadal Awatib, should follow soon after. Preliminary metallurgical test-work is also underway and should be available within the next few weeks. Management will use all these results in a scoping study assessing the Hassai property's VMS economic value. The Company expects this scoping study to be made public by the end of September 2009.
The Hassai property's VMS conceptual estimate of potential tonnes and grade to date have insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource compliant with National Instrument 43-101. It is uncertain whether further exploration will result in the target deposit being delineated as a mineral resource. The estimate used the current geological interpretation of the lens with the intersections of copper and gold mineralization from the 12 new holes drilled to date and 7 previously-drilled holes at the Hassai pit and 8 new holes drilled to date and 7 previously-drilled holes at the Hadal Awatib pit. The estimate excludes copper and gold values outside the interpreted zones and all lead, zinc and silver values, and does not take into account possible enrichment from the upper part of the lenses, mainly below the west pit of Hadal Awatib. The estimate also excludes dilution and recovery.

TECHNICAL NOTE
The technical information in this news release was prepared under the supervision of Jean-Jacques Kachrillo and Martin Bennett (MAIG), who are both Qualified Persons under NI 43-101. Mr. Kachrillo is the Vice President Exploration and a full time employee of La Mancha Resources. He has sufficient experience in the style of mineralization and type of deposit to qualify as a Qualified Person as defined in "National Instruments 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects". Based on his information, Mr. Kachrillo has consented to the content of this press release in the form and context in which it appears. Mr. Kachrillo has read National Instrument 43-101 and has ensured that this press release has been written in compliance with that instrument. Mr. Bennett is the Exploration Manager for the Company's Sudanese property and a full time employee of La Mancha Resources. He has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the "Australasian Code of Exploration Results, Minerals Resources and Ore Reserves". Mr. Bennett has read National Instrument 43-101 and has ensured that this press release has been written in compliance with that instrument.
The analysis of these recent samples met with all of La Mancha established Analytical Quality Assurance Program put in place to control and assure the analytical quality of assays in its gold exploration. This program includes the systematic addition of blank samples, pulp duplicates and internal material references ("standards") to each batch of samples sent for analysis. Blank samples are used to check for possible contamination in laboratory, duplicates allow the overall precision to be quantified while standards determine the analytical accuracy. All samples are half HQ or NQ diamond drill core sampled on a one metre basis. Samples were assayed at the Intertek laboratory in Indonesia qualified ISO 17025 using respectively for gold fire assays on 30g sample followed by AAS and for base metals triple acidic digestion followed by AAS. The average true widths are more than 75% of the intersection length.

ABOUT THE HASSAI MINE
The Hassai mine is located in the Red Sea Hills desert of northeastern Sudan, some 450 km from Khartoum. Inaugurated in 1992, it is Sudan's first and only gold mine in production. Twelve pits have been mined over the years, generating a cumulative production of more than 2 million ounces of gold. La Mancha owns 40% of the mine through a subsidiary and is the mine manager.
La Mancha decided to initiate an exploration program entirely devoted to the VMS potential of its 40%-owned Hassai mine in December 2007 on the basis of historical results of drilling by BRGM in the 1980s and 1990s. The objective of the first phase of the program was to test the potential of two of the six most prospective VMS lenses identified at the bottom of the previously-mined pits, i.e., Hassai and Hadal Awatib.

ABOUT LA MANCHA RESOURCES Inc.:
La Mancha Resources Inc. is an international gold producer based in Canada with operations, development projects and exploration activities in Africa, Australia and Argentina. La Mancha's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "LMA". For more information, visit the Company's website at www.lamancha.ca.
La Mancha Resources Inc. (TSX: LMA, hereinafter "La Mancha" or "the Company") is pleased to report that a longhole drilled from the southern edge of the Hassai pit at its Hassai property in Northeast Sudan has intersected 36 meters (apparent width, corresponding to a true width of about 20 meters) of massive and strongly disseminated sulphides at 600 meters down dip from the existing pit. This news is material to the rapid unfolding of La Mancha's VMS project in Sudan as a) it suggests that the previously-discovered VMS lens, which starts at the bottom of Hassai pit, might be at least twice as long as originally established in December 2008 (up to 700 meters) (see Figure 1 below), and b) the drill intersection seems to contain visible signs of chalcopyrite, often associated with a high copper content. Laboratory assay results should be available in 6 to 8 weeks.
Michel Cuilhe, President and CEO of La Mancha, stated: "Our April 2009 size estimate of 60 million tonnes for the Hassai VMS conceptual deposits may need to be revised upward significantly if the assay results for this hole confirm that the lens extends over a length of 700 meters rather than our initial approximation of 350 meters. We are delighted by this hole, as it makes an already promising project look even better."
Although the results of this recent hole will not be included in the preliminary 43-101 resource estimate to be issued by the end of August 2009, the Company remains confident that the initial resource will meet the previously-stated 60 million tonne forecast.

NEXT STEPS
As mentioned above, the calculation of the Hassai pit resource is well advanced and the Company expects to release the results by the end of August. The 43-101 resource estimate for the second VMS target on the property, Hadal Awatib, should follow soon after. Preliminary metallurgical test-work is also underway and should be available within the next few weeks. Management will use all these results in a scoping study assessing the Hassai property's VMS economic value. The Company expects this scoping study to be made public by the end of September 2009.
The Hassai property's VMS conceptual estimate of potential tonnes and grade to date have insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource compliant with National Instrument 43-101. It is uncertain whether further exploration will result in the target deposit being delineated as a mineral resource. The estimate used the current geological interpretation of the lens with the intersections of copper and gold mineralization from the 12 new holes drilled to date and 7 previously-drilled holes at the Hassai pit and 8 new holes drilled to date and 7 previously-drilled holes at the Hadal Awatib pit. The estimate excludes copper and gold values outside the interpreted zones and all lead, zinc and silver values, and does not take into account possible enrichment from the upper part of the lenses, mainly below the west pit of Hadal Awatib. The estimate also excludes dilution and recovery.

TECHNICAL NOTE
The technical information in this news release was prepared under the supervision of Jean-Jacques Kachrillo and Martin Bennett (MAIG), who are both Qualified Persons under NI 43-101. Mr. Kachrillo is the Vice President Exploration and a full time employee of La Mancha Resources. He has sufficient experience in the style of mineralization and type of deposit to qualify as a Qualified Person as defined in "National Instruments 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects". Based on his information, Mr. Kachrillo has consented to the content of this press release in the form and context in which it appears. Mr. Kachrillo has read National Instrument 43-101 and has ensured that this press release has been written in compliance with that instrument. Mr. Bennett is the Exploration Manager for the Company's Sudanese property and a full time employee of La Mancha Resources. He has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the "Australasian Code of Exploration Results, Minerals Resources and Ore Reserves". Mr. Bennett has read National Instrument 43-101 and has ensured that this press release has been written in compliance with that instrument.
The analysis of these recent samples met with all of La Mancha established Analytical Quality Assurance Program put in place to control and assure the analytical quality of assays in its gold exploration. This program includes the systematic addition of blank samples, pulp duplicates and internal material references ("standards") to each batch of samples sent for analysis. Blank samples are used to check for possible contamination in laboratory, duplicates allow the overall precision to be quantified while standards determine the analytical accuracy. All samples are half HQ or NQ diamond drill core sampled on a one metre basis. Samples were assayed at the Intertek laboratory in Indonesia qualified ISO 17025 using respectively for gold fire assays on 30g sample followed by AAS and for base metals triple acidic digestion followed by AAS. The average true widths are more than 75% of the intersection length.

ABOUT THE HASSAI MINE
The Hassai mine is located in the Red Sea Hills desert of northeastern Sudan, some 450 km from Khartoum. Inaugurated in 1992, it is Sudan's first and only gold mine in production. Twelve pits have been mined over the years, generating a cumulative production of more than 2 million ounces of gold. La Mancha owns 40% of the mine through a subsidiary and is the mine manager.
La Mancha decided to initiate an exploration program entirely devoted to the VMS potential of its 40%-owned Hassai mine in December 2007 on the basis of historical results of drilling by BRGM in the 1980s and 1990s. The objective of the first phase of the program was to test the potential of two of the six most prospective VMS lenses identified at the bottom of the previously-mined pits, i.e., Hassai and Hadal Awatib.

ABOUT LA MANCHA RESOURCES Inc.:
La Mancha Resources Inc. is an international gold producer based in Canada with operations, development projects and exploration activities in Africa, Australia and Argentina. La Mancha's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "LMA". For more information, visit the Company's website at www.lamancha.ca.

VMS program in Sudan

VMS program same as in Sudan
Drilling at Hamama (VMS) Project in Egypt






* A favourable VMS horizon traced over a strike length of 3 km



* Historical shallow drilling shows widths of gossans up to 20 m


* Strong chargeability-magnetic anomaly indicates a second buried massive sulphide lens stratigraphically above the historical gossan outcrop zone.


* Deposit characteristics similar to other massive sulphide deposits in the Nubian Shield including:


o Nevsun, Bisha Deposit, Eritrea


o Tigray, Harvest Property; Ethiopia


o La Mancha, Hassai Deposit, Sudan






November 23, 2011 - Toronto, Ontario. Alexander Nubia International Inc. (TSX-V: AAN), an exploration and development company with diversified minerals projects in Egypt, is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling at its Hamama zinc-gold-copper-silver property located in the Abu Marawat Concession. The Company plans to drill approximately
four to eight diamond drill holes for the first stage of drilling with results expected by Q1 2012.
Located 35 km WSW of the Abu Marawat property, Hamama, a volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit containing significant values of precious- and base-metals. The property has excellent new gravel road access from the paved Safaga-Qena highway. A historical drill intercept was reported by the previous operator Centamin Egypt (TSX:CEE) of 16 metres at 9.73% zinc, 1.16 g/t gold, 0.34% copper, 77.5 g/t silver and 0.62% lead (drilling by Minex, 1988-1989) combined with favorable geology that includes a strong vein and alteration stringer zone stratigraphically below the VMS.
President and CEO, A. Alexander Massoud commented, "The commencement of drilling at the Hamama Property is an important step towards unlocking the substantial value of the Abu Marawat Concession, which also hosts the Abu Marawat Property. We have been focused on completing our first NI 43-101 compliant resource statement on Abu Marawat and believe the successful results received to date merit the commencement of an exploration program at nearby Hamama. We are excited about the potential at the Hamama Property and believe that we are taking the right step towards creating shareholder value."
Table 1. Significant assay results from surface and old workings at Hamama Property
Au Ag Cu Zn Pb Rock type Width Sample type
(g/T) (g/T) % % % (cm)
9.7 173 0.7 4.43 gossan n.d. chip*
0.63 3.8 0.585 18.5 0.81 gossan 100 chip/channel
0.56 5.2 0.356 11.3 0.61 gossan 8 chip/channel
0.76 15.2 0.36 3.82 1.45 gossan 100 chip/channel
*Metal values are the maximum recorded for each element in a group of several 2-4 kg chip samples.
* A chip/channel sample consists of representative chips across the width of a structure or vein along a defined sample line (channel).
Abu Marawat gold-copper-zinc-silver project status
* AAM-081 concludes Stage 2 exploration at Abu Marawat. AAM-081, drilled from east of the CVZ on Section 500 is a step-out hole 100-m grid north from AAM-080.
* AAM-080 and AAM-081 are the two deepest drill holes on the property to-date, with drill lengths of 672 and 584 metres, respectively.
To date, the Company has completed 81 diamond drill holes at the Abu Marawat Property for a total of 17,972 metres. Results of the current drill program will be used to prepare a NI 43-101-compliant inferred resource. A complete set of published assay results and a detailed plan map are available at www.alexandernubia.com.
Qualifying Person
The technical information in this press release was prepared by Ralph Gonzalez (P. Geo), Project Manager for Alexander Nubia Inc., who manages the exploration program in Egypt. Mr. Gonzalez is a Qualifying Persons under National Instrument 43-101 regulations.

Surpac software Design Open Pit

Open Pit Slope Stability Design Using Surpac & Slide:


How SNC Lavalin Put Technology To Work For Them

Nadine Miller is a Geotechnical Engineer-in-Training with SNC-Lavalin Engineers in Toronto, an active practitioner who is savvy about using the latest software to her advantage in her geotechnical practice. “In the past, I felt frustrated by the amount of time it takes to set-up a model prior running the analysis. I’m always on the look out for ways to improve my analyses and cut my modelling time.” On a recent project, Nadine decided that the best tools were two different, but complimentary software packages, Surpac and Slide: “Using these programs, I was able to more efficiently model and analyse open pit stability.” Here Nadine describes her open pit project and explains how she was able to create a successful final stability model that has been accepted by international and third party reviewers.

“Our project area was a small-scale open pit mine located in Europe. The project was at the basic engineering stage and there were plans to eventually do conventional open pit mining of four pits for precious metals. We collected information for the project from the site’s original geological and geomechanical reports, from data gathered in similarly mined galleries and from our investigations of the current pit. We were able to confirm what the old reports suggested, that the pit area was well drained by existing underground mine workings: the four pits are connected at the principal mine level, with groundwater draining out of one adit that daylights in a neighbouring valley. There were three main rock types found at the location: dacite (ore bearing), vent breccia and black breccia.” SNC Lavalin’s team undertook both geological and geomechanical exploratory drilling: “In our geological program, we drilled several hundred exploratory holes to allow us to define reserves and orebodies in our mining model and less than 10 holes for our geomechanical program.” Data from these drilling programs was used to develop a mining model and to assess the stability of each pit using Surpac and Slide, respectively.

During the geomechanical program, a unique weathering pattern in the black and vent breccias and the discovery that breccia encased the dacite formation led Nadine’s team to determine that breccia lay under the dacite pit walls. They used this data to assess failure possibilities and decided that circular type failure dangers existed in the breccias, because of their similarity to soil. For the benches composed of dacite, localized failure wedge/planar failure was considered. “We undertook highwall modelling for the circular sliding surface using circular failure with the known mechanical properties of the rockmasses. The dacite, with its similarity to hard fractured rock, was analyzed using Hoek-Brown criterion. Because of its soil-like qualities, the breccias were modelled using Mohr-Coulomb. Next, we assessed ground water conditions at the pits to incorporate into the model. Using Slide’s groundwater modeling module, we were able to incorporate drainage conditions from the four open pits and the derived boundary condition based on seepage analysis preformed in an adjoining valley.” It was assumed, based on the underground workings, in the groundwater model, that the periphery of the pit would be fully drained down to the principal mine level that connects all four pits: “The interior of the pit would be drained to the pit base through de-watering; boundary conditions were based upon watershed boundary conditions. After the groundwater model was run, the results established a future water table that was used for stability analysis.”

The initial evaluation of the open pit slope stability was based on simplified geological cross-sections from the geomechanical drilling program, simplified pit geometry and preliminary pit depths based on the feasibility study. One particular section, based on a single drillhole that intersected the overall slope of the feasibility pit shell, was entirely composed of black breccia. Once the maximum overall slope angle was assessed, the mine designers proceeded to develop their pit shells using Surpac: “During discussions with the designers, it became apparent that it was possible to select a cross-section of the natural ground surface and pit shell in Surpac and export it as file in DXF format. We could also export the geological data by including it in the cross-section. Using the two programs, we were able to evaluate a section based on a larger geological database, while still using our geomechanical parameters. This gave us the

flexibility to update our model to the most recent mine design and incorporate a larger database from which we could base our rock mass contacts, final pit shell geology and corresponding sub-surface geology with little to no additional time cost.” The team then re-analyzed the updated sections based on the complete Surpac model (Figure 1). Nadine adds that for the geomechanical parameters obtained during this program, factors of safety of the pit walls were computed using Bishop’s method. She says she expects that additional iterations will be required to verify the geological assumptions used in the pit slope stability analysis during the next stage of detailed design, the result of which could even further improve and optimize the overall pit slope configuration.

Southwest Open Pit 2Northeast

Future Water Table

Black Breccia

Vent Breccia

Dacite

Figure 1 Slide Model Geometry Imported as SURPAC DXF File

After hearing about SNC Lavalin’s technology forward approach to their project, we were curious: why did they decide to use Slide in combination with Surpac? “The primary reason we chose Slide is that it allows users to import geometry from programs such as AutoCad and Microstation using a DFX format. The second reason is that the automatic mesh generation feature in Slide’s groundwater modeling module saves a lot of time. By combining two powerful engineering software packages, our modeling set-up time was reduced significantly and we produced internationally accepted results.”

gold in sudan

Processing Gum Arabic




Introduction:

Gum Arabic is one of the most important cash-generating export crop in Sudan. It is one of the best of its type in the world. The project aims at processing gum Arabic, locally, to improve exports and benefit from the value-added.
- The sites producing gum Arabic in Sudan:

- Kordofan region 49.3%

- Kassala region 24.4%

- Darfur region 23.4 %

- White and Blue Nile region 2.9%

- The proposed sites for erecting the project:

Near the production collection regions.

- The productive capacity: 4000 tons per year.

- Methods of gum Arabic processing:

- The mechanical method.

- The method of sprinkle drying.

- The mechanical Method:

- Preliminary cleaning unit.

- Air cleaning and sorting unit

- Breaker.

- Refining mill and granules production mill.

- Conveyor belts.

- Packing unit with weighing machine.

- Quality control laboratory.

- Electrical control panel.

-The sprinkle Drying Method Equipment

- Dissolving container.

- Sifters with various openings.

- Sedimentation cylinder and the solution concentration cylinder.

- Drying and spraying unit.

- Cylinder drying unit.

- Solar energy unit for heating water.

- Cleaning and sorting unit.

- Quality control laboratory.

Area : Estimated at 800 m2 ; as follows:-

144 m2 Production hall.

280 m2 First cleaning shed.

48 m2 Second cleaning shed

250 m2 Stores

75 m2 Offices + utilities

Invested capital : US $ 6.628.032

Operating capital : US $ 192.247

Fixed Assets : US $ 150.735

Net profits : US $843.561

Profitability : 10 %


Period of Re-imbursement : 2 years



Raw Materials : gum Arabic – packing materials (Jute sacks)



Contact Address:



Investment Department,



Federal Ministry of Industry



Tel : 0249183777770



The Processing of Basic Chlorine



Introduction:



The Sudan is distinguished by its Red Sea shore, which provides salt. This encourage the establishment of a basic chlorine plant for the production of the following:-



- Caustic Soda: which is used in numerous industries, such as, textiles, industrial detergents, soap, edible oil refining and other industries which benefit from the characteristic of bleaching of the caustic soda.



- Chlorine: Which is used in many fields; such as, the water purifying and sterilization networks, the sewerage system networks and several other uses which benefit from the characteristic of chlorine as a disinfectant and insecticider.



- Hydrochloric acid (HCL): which is widely used as a multi-purpose acid. It is also used in large quantities for purifying the calcium carbonates from the bottom of oil wells and in petroleum refineries.



- Sodium hypochlorine: Which is used in the Weaving and spinning industry; and other purposes which benefit from its characteristic as a bleacher and pesticider.



- Productive capacity:



· Caustic soda 5 tons/day.



· Chlorine 5 tons/day.



· Hydrochloric acid 5 tons/day.



· Sodium Hypochlorine 5 tons/day.



- Invested capital US $ 2.700.000



- Raw materials:



- Sodium chloride.



- Phosphoric acid.



- Soda dust.



- Hydrochloric acid.



- Electricity.



- Man-power:



35 (direct and direct labour).



- Area of plant: 6560 m2.



- Location : It is preferred that the project shall be close to salt sources (i.e. Eastern Sudan.).



- Project’s Product users:



- Edible oil plants..



- Petroleum fields.



- Weaving and spinning plants.



- Water distribution networks.



- The average imported amounts during the last three years:-



2000 tons




- Contact Address:



The Investment Department,



Federal Ministry of Industry,



Tel: 0249 183 777770



Assembly and manufacture of



Solar Energy Equipments



Introduction:



God endowed the Sudan with a climate of less clouds and much sunshine throughout the year, therefore the Sudan is considered an ideal place for the system of transferring the light of the sun to electricity.



The Invested capital: 673653000 Sudanese Dinar



Machineries and Equipments:



- Assembly of Solar cells.



- Liquid batteries.



- Tools and Equipments.



Total cost of Machineries and Equipments:



122,000,000 Sudanese Dinar



Cost of raw materials for One Operational year:



150,000,000 Sudanese Dinar



Recovery Period: Two years



Contact Address:



Department of Investment ,



Federal Ministry of Industry



Tel: 0249183777770



Calcium Carbonate Manufacture



Introduction:



The lime stone is composed of the matter of calcium carbonate which could be grinded and purified for the extraction of pure powder of calcium carbonate, which is used in filling the plastic pipes and the plastic utensils, and also it is used in the production of insecticides and tooth paste, in addition to its use in cultivation and animal husbandry.



The proposed productive capacity: 20 ton/day.



The Investment Capital: 1,500,000 US Dollar.



The raw materials: Lime stone



The volume of employment: 450 direct and indirect employees.



The establishment area: The total area of the project is 35,000 m2.



The Location: It is preferable to establish the project near the areas where the raw materials are available and they are: Gabalain province, ‘Gabalain ‘town’ Atbara town, Sennar, Jabal Marra and any areas where the lime stone is discovered.



The Users of the Production:



- Plastic pipes production Factories.



- Plastic house utensils production Factories.



- Insecticides poweder production factories.



- Tooth paste production factories.



- The farmers.



Average of the Imported quantities during the last three years:214tons



Contact address: Investment Department:



The Federal Ministry of Industry,



Tel: 0249183777770




Concentrated Feed Manufacture



Introduction: The concentrated feed are protein and hydrocarbonic materials produced from the agricultural and processing remains and they wore divided into:



(a) Animal feed: They use the residues of legumes. Couch grass straw, Durra reeds, rice straw, residues of oil seeds like cotton seed, peanuts husks sesame sunflower, beans and the retuse of sugar factories such as Mollas, bugas and cane heads.



(b) Poultry feed: Contains fish powder, meat and bones powder and other animal remains like blood in addition to some materials used in Animal feed.



The targeted market: To cover the local market and exportation to the African and Arab countries.



The Productive capacity:



The proposed: 15,000 ton/year



The invested capital: estimated USD 1,550,000



The raw materials: Oil cake of cotton seed, wheat bran, bugas, Molas, pea-nuts husk, Dhura stalks, Calcium carbonates,



Table salt and vitamins.



The Premises area: 2200 m2



The Working force: 35 direct and indirect workers.



Average of imported quantities during the last three years:3503tons



Contact Address: Investment Department



Federal Ministry of Industry.



Tel : 0249183777770







Gold Processing Project



Umm Nyardi Mine



Location: North Wadi Half town



Annual Mining Capacity:



The Project target the mining and processing of 700 Kilograms annually.



Investment Costs: about USD 90 millions, Annual costs of production. USD 2.5 millions.



Annual Sales Returns: USD 7 million, net profits : USD 4.5millions.



Financial indicators: Net profits ratio to sales : 64%



Capital Recovery Period : about two years.



Contact Address: Investment Department



River Nile State



Tel : 0211822557







Glass Production Project



Location of the Project: Mattama Area



Mining capacity: 150 ton/per day



Project sales returns : Amounts to 17,4 million us Dollar.



Annual Production costs for the entire project:



Amounts to 9.1 million us Dollar



Financial indicators: Net profits ratio to the sales: 52%, Net profits ratio to the investment 37%



Capital recovery period: Two years







Contact Address: Investment Department



River Nile State.



Tel : 0211822557









Iron Extraction Project



The proposed Location: Bigrawiyya area



Raw materials: The raw iron belt which was formely expolcted by the pharaohs exist in the Bigrawiyya belt area with quantities not less than

750 million tons.



The targeted productive capacity: amounts to USD 100 millions.



Annual cost of production: amount to USD 362 million



Sales returns: amounts to USD 550 million



Annual net profits: amount to USD 100 million.



Financial indicators:



Net profits ratio to Sales : 34%



Net profits ratio to investment : 100%



Capital recovery period: One year



Relative advantages of the project: Electricity is considered the principal element in the costs of production as the project needs annually 3000 megawatt/hour.



The establishment of Kajbar reservoir will make available the electrical energy to this project.



Note: The establishment of the project requires the execution of geological surveys to determine the reserve volume.



Contact Address: Investment Department,



River Nile State:



Tel : 0211822557







Ceramic and Porcelain Production Project



Location of the project: South Matamma.



The targeted productive capacity:



The project aims to produce 3,000 m2 annually.



Cost of Investment: The volume of the required investment is estimated around 31,7 millions US Dollar.



The return of the project’s annual sales: 63 million US Dollar.



Costs of Production: A sum of 48,9 million US Dollar.



Annual net profits: 14.1 million US Dollar.



Financial indicators:



Net profits ratio to sales : 17.4



Net profit ratio to investments : 32.2%.



Internal return average : 39.6%



Capital Recovery Period: 3 years



Contact Address: Investment Department



River Nile State,



Tel: 0211822557







Cement Production Project



The proposed Location: Five factories will be established as follows:



· Two factories in west Berber area.



· One factory in Abu Hamad area.



· One factory in Ebiediyya area.



· One factory in Atbara town.



The designed productive capacity for each project:



Each project aims to produce 325,000 ton cement/year.



Investment for each project:



The Total investment cost: 55,1 million US Dollars.



The annual project sales, ‘ for each project’.



The project gross return when it works with full capacity:



29.2 million US Dollar.



Annual cost of production: 10.2 US Dollar.



Annual total profit for the project : 19 million US Dollar



Financial Indicators:



Net profits ratio to the Sales = 65%



Net profits ratio to the investment = 35%



Period of capital Recovery: Three year



Contact Address : Investment Department,



River Nile State



Tel : 0211822557









Mica Production Project



Location of Project: El-Shriek – River Nile State



Targeted productive capacity : 200 ton/day.



Investment Costs : 2.5 million US Dollar.



Annual Sales return : 1.2 million US Dollar



Costs of Production: 0.6 million US Dollar.



Net profits ratio to the Sales = 34%



Net profits ratio to the investment = 100%



Capital recovery period: 3 years



Contact Address : Department of Investment



River Nile State



Tel : 0211822557



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investment the gold in Sudan

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Sudan issues 50 more gold exploration licenses
Sudan's govt. has issued 50 licenses to 73 firms to explore gold and other minerals, as it tries to grow its small gold production to compensate for the loss of most of its oil reserves to newly independent South Sudan.

Posted: Monday , 31 Oct 2011
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -
African gold producer Sudan has handed out 50 more licenses to 73 firms to explore gold and other minerals, state news agency SUNA said on Sunday.

Sudan is trying to expand its small gold production to compensate for the loss of most of its oil reserves to South Sudan which became independent in July.

The new licenses allow gold exploration in around eleven states, Minerals Minister Abdelbagi Gailani Ahmed told SUNA, adding that now seven firms were producing gold. The rest is still at the exploration stage.
To date, Sudan has handed out around 200 gold exploration licenses.
Ahmed reiterated Sudan would build at the start of next year a refinery with capacity of 150 tonnes of gold and 30 tonnes of silver.
In total, Sudan expects to produce about 70 tonnes of gold in 2011, he said. Only an estimated 6 to 7 tonnes gold will come from regular mines. The rest is being produced by more than 200,000 local Sudanese attracted by a gold rush whose exact output is hard to verify