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Sukari mine
Location
Sukari mine is located in EgyptSukari mineSukari mine
Red Sea Governorate
CountryEgypt
Coordinates24°57′25″N 34°42′36″E / 24.95694°N 34.71000°E / 24.95694; 34.71000
Production
ProductsGold
Production~450,000oz annually (2023)
History
Opened2009
Owner
CompanyAngloGold Ashanti plc

The Sukari mine or Alsukari mine (Arabic: السكري Al-Sukkari, Egyptian pronunciation: El-Sokkari) is a gold mine located in the Nubian Desert/Eastern Desert, 25km from Marsa Alam, on the Red Sea, in Egypt. The Sukari mine is Egypt's first modern gold mine.

Egypt was known in the ancient world as being a source of gold, and one of the earliest available maps shows a gold mine at this location.

Today. Sukari is a combination of an open-pit mine mine and an underground mine. The site is supplied by a 30km-long pipeline bringing water from the Red Sea.

History

The $265-million project began gold production in 2009 with 850 workers.

References

  1. "Turin Papyrus Map from Ancient Egypt".
  2. "Sukari, Egypt - AnglogGold Ashanti".
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