The activity of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in soil samples were measured by gamma spectrometry using high-purity germanium detector. The study involved 40 samples from four divisions: 10 samples each were drawn from the control area (CTR), washing area 1 (W1), washing area 2 (W2) and the mining pits (MP). Radium and Thorium were measured in …
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Radioactive environmental hazard assessment was done for the location of the gold mine in El-Fawakhir area, eastern desert of Egypt by using the airborne gamma ray spectrometric data in …
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Illegal gold mining in Egypt poses a significant threat to the environment, local communities, and the national economy. The Eastern Desert, a vast and remote area with abundant gold deposits, is the primary focus of this illicit activity, which has significant repercussions.
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4 Conclusions. The natural radioactivity levels of mine tailings from Vatukoula Gold Mine Fiji Limited (VGML) were determined. The activity concentration levels of 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K in soil mine tailing samples …
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The radioactivity associated with artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities (ASM) carried out along the Ulindi River, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, was evaluated by gamma ...
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Natural sources of radioactivity include rocks, soil, water, and air. These sources contain radioactive elements that have been present on Earth since its formation. Artificial …
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The results of radionuclides analysis provided indication that gold mineralisation in this area of Burkina Faso is not identical to other gold mining areas investigated in Africa where primordial ...
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Measurements of natural radioactivity in surface soils from a gold mining area were performed using aHPGe detector with a specially designed shield. Soil samples were collected from Um Garaiate mine in Southeastern area of Egypt and Mahd Ad-Dahab mine in Western of Al-Madina Al- Munawara area in Saudi Arabia. The obtained results of uranium and thorium …
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Gold Mining Radioactivity In Egypt Apr. Egypt signs 4 contracts with 2nd largest gold exploration company in. CAIRO – 27 July 2021: The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, witnessed the signing of 4 contracts to search for gold between the Mineral Resources Authority and the Canadian Barrick Gold Corporation, which is the largest ...
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Scientific literatures have confirmed the wide impact of mining operations on human health and the environment. Charles (2010) reported exposure effect of mining activities to miners and residents of mining areas due to discharge of ionizing radiations of natural origin referred to as Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) (Gbarato et al., 2018).
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↑ D. Klemm, R. Klemm and A. Murr, "Gold of the Pharaohs – 6000 years of gold mining in Egypt and Nubia", Journal of African Earth Sciences 33 (3-4), 2001, pp. 643-659 at 656-657. ↑ Due to the lack of surface pottery and other diagnostics, it is not always possible to determine to which period the washing tables belong.
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In this work, a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector in a low-background setup was used to determine the activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th, and 40K in soil samples collected in and around some gold mining areas of the Mayo-Kebbi region in Chad. Subsequently, the radiological risks due to these natural radionuclides were also assessed. The activity …
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Due to heightening concern about radiation hazards protection, activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K in forty soil samples collected from Shoubra El Kheima in the South Nile Delta were measured using gamma-ray spectrometry. The mean activity concentrations of 226Ra and 40K were higher in 20% of the considered samples than the …
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Radioactive environmental hazard assessment was done for the location of the gold mine in El-Fawakhir area, eastern desert of Egypt by using the airborne gamma ray spectrometric data in order to ...
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Canadian companies B2Gold, Barrick Gold, Lotus Gold, Red Sea resources, Australia's Centamin and Britain's AKH Gold, are some of the companies that have been awarded concessions. Despite Egypt's history of …
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Workers in the mining and mineral processing sectors are exposed to a variety of radiation hazards, including external gamma radiation from ores, inhalation of dust containing long-lived alpha ...
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This study focused on joint interpretation of the aeromagnetic and radiometric data to allocate and describe the structural elements and mineralization zones such as uranium, gold, and sulfide in the Gebel Umm Tineidba and its surroundings, Eastern Desert, Egypt. The study region is covered by exposures of Precambrian rocks such as gneisses, migmatites, ophiolitic …
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After two years of intense archaeological work, the wait is over. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, represented by the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has successfully completed the ambitious Revival of the Ancient Gold City project, an unprecedented initiative that has led to the discovery, documentation, and conservation of a gold mining camp with over three …
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(DOI: 10.1051/REES/2020005) Gold mining is one of the primary industry in Fiji, and it could expose the naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) that may produce health risk to the people working in mining. The present study focuses on the assessment of soil samples in the vicinity of gold mining to assess the concentration of these nuclides. The …
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The activity concentrations of natural radionuclides 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K in soil samples from the gold mining area in Itagunmodi were measured by gamma spectrometry using Sodium Iodide detector. Radiological hazard assessments due to these natural radionuclides were carried out. The average activity concentrations of 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K determined in …
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The environmental radioactivity of the Lake Manzala, Egypt, has been investigated to determine the level of the natural radioactivity and the radiological impact for the targeted area.
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Gold has been mined at Sukari since the Pharaonic and Roman times; Small-scale mining resumed between 1912 and 1914 with more substantial underground mining in the years from 1937 to 1951. Mining activity halted in 1958.
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The distribution of natural radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th and 40K) in Granites and its quartz-bearing gold at El-Fawakhir area (Central Eastern Desert, Egypt) were measured by using γ-ray ...
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The activity concentrations of natural radionuclides 238U, 232Th and 40K in soil samples from the gold mining area in Itagunmodi were measured by gamma spectrometry using Sodium Iodide detector.
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with the gold mining industry achieved some prominence in 1996 with the publication of an overview of radioactivity in water sources by the Institute of Water Quality Studies3. Radioactivity in mines and mine water—sources and mechanisms by G. Wendel* Synopsis Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive material in the earth's crust.
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The history of gold mining in Egypt can be divided into tw o main times: ancient. time and modern time. . History of anci ent gold mining.
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