{"id":280691,"date":"2019-07-03T10:19:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?guid=879f8eea112a60c06a984cb8bb95df98"},"modified":"2026-10-05T11:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:34:39","slug":"ethiopian-geological-survey-maps-18-areas-rich-in-gold-gemstones-and-industrial-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/280691","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Geological Survey maps 18 areas rich in gold, gemstones and industrial minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethiopian Geological Survey identified 18 mineral-rich areas, including seven with industrial minerals such as iron ore in the Amhara region, six alluvial gold sites in Tigray and five gemstone deposits in the southern region, the state daily The Ethiopian Herald reported in July 2019, according to New Business Ethiopia. Alluvial gold is gold found in river sand and gravel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-837274\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rough-welo-opal-2014.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rough opal from Ethiopia&#x27;s Wollo area, photographed on 31 August 2014\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rough opal from Ethiopia&#x27;s Wollo area, photographed on 31 August 2014 (Dpulitzer, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) [file photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The survey said close to 4,000 pieces of information about the findings had been shared with research institutes, industries, researchers and investors, and that many foreign companies had shown interest in exploration and mining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government is committed to create more jobs from the sector. To this effect, our Institute is working focusing on directly linking youth in the already identified mineral rich areas,\u201d said Tameru Mersha, the survey\u2019s communication director.<\/p>\n<p>About 135 mining companies were operating in Ethiopia at the time, 80 of them licensed for exploration and the rest producing minerals. The country has deposits of gold, silver, iron ore and precious stones, and it produces industrial minerals and building materials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/newbusinessethiopia.com\/mining\/ethiopian-geological-surethiopia-finds-18-gold-gemstone-industrial-mineral-rich-areasvey-identifies-18-mineral-rich-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Business Ethiopia<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia finds 18 gold, gemstone, industrial mineral-rich areas&nbsp;&nbsp;New Business EthiopiaThe state agency Ethiopian Geological Survey has identified seven industrial minerals including iron-ore in Amhara, six alluvial gold in Tigray and five gem&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":837274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rough-welo-opal-2014.jpg?fit=1280%2C1054&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1b1h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837291,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280691\/revisions\/837291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}