The New Luika Gold Mine is an active mine in the

Lupa Gold Field The Lupa Gold Field is an area of about in south west Tanzania, north of Mbeya, that is known for its gold deposits. European mining is believed to have started after alluvial gold was found in water drawn from the Lupa River, near Lake Rukwa. Lode ...

, an area of about in south west

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

, north of

Mbeya Mbeya is a city located in south west Tanzania, Africa. Mbeya's urban population is 620,000 according to the 2022 census. Mbeya is the capital of the surrounding rural Mbeya region (population, with Mbeya, totals approx. 2 million). Mbeya is sit ...

, that is known for its

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...

deposits.Lupa Gold Field
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Shanta Gold Shanta Gold Limited is a gold mining company, registered in Guernsey in the Channel Islands but which operates in Tanzania. The company is listed on AIM on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: LON:SHG) and had a market capitalisation of £63.5M as ...

and saw its first gold pour in August 2012. In September 2016 Shanta Gold reported that from its underground exploration efforts, the indicated gold deposits of the mine increased by 409% to 205,000 Oz. This is a big discovery for the company as the company expects to deplet the Luika surface mine by 2020.

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MINING IN TANZANIA A brief on the Tanzanian Mineral Sector.
Gold mines in Tanzania {{Tanzania-geo-stub