LAKE VICTORIA BASIN

Mining

The Nyamongo Gold Mine, Tanzania The Nyamongo Gold Mine is located in Tarime district in the Mara Region of northeast Tanzania. The mine is a combined open pit and underground operation from two deposits – Gokona (underground) and Nyabirama (open pit) – and has a plant that has the capacity

to process an average of 8,000 metric tonnes of ore per day. During the period prior to June 1984, the Nyamongo area had no large-scale mining activities. By June 2015, two major pits and a wastewater dam/pond had been created, resulting in extensive changes to the landscape (Tilumanywa 2014).

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