Production at the Guelb Moghrein mines will be undertaken by the Company of Copper Mines of Mauritania (SMCM), a partnership between Canadian Company First Quantum Minerals LTD- with 80 percent, Emirates' Wad Raoudhal (9 percent) and Australian GGI (1 percent). The annual mine production is estimated at 120 tons of concentrated solutions including 25 percent of copper, 30 000 tonnes from which 60 000 ounces of gold will be extracted.
Mauritania: Country gets first copper mine
Nouakchott (Mauretaina)- The country's head of state Col Ely Ould Mohamed Vall has inaugurated the country's first copper mine in Guelb Moghrein, in the region of Akjoujt, about 250 kilometres north of Nouakchott, according to the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI).