UGANDAS MINERAL POTENTIAL

THE UNEXPLORED COUNTRY

JOSHUA T. TUHUMWIRE
COMMISSIONER
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINES
Mines & Money Conference, London 2008

Email: joshua.tuhumwire@minerals.go.ug

LOCATION

GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURENCES OF UGANDA

GEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL
* SOME GEOINFORMATION AVAILABLE
* FAVOURABLE GEOLOGICAL SETTING
* METASEDIMENTS, INTRUSIVES AND
MAJOR STRUCTURES SUCH AS RIFTING & SHEARS
* GEOLOGY DOMINATED BY PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS
* AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL DATA COVERING NEARLY
80% OF COUNTRY
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GEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL contd

* VARIETY OF MINERALS: PRECIOUS, NONPRECIOUS & INDUSTRIAL
* GOLD, COPPER, COBALT, NICKEL, ZINC, LEAD,
TIN, BERYLLIUM, COL-TAN, PGM, BISMUTH,
LITHIUM
* LIMESTONE, MARBLE, PHOSPHATE, VERMICULITE
& SILICA SAND
* NUMEROUS OLD AND CURRENT ARTISANAL
WORKINGS
* POTENTIAL FOR WORLD-CLASS DISCOVERIES

MAJOR GOLD TRENDS

UGANDA AT THE
CROSSROADS

NEIGHBOURING GOLD DEPOSITS

Golden Pride
Tanzania
Golden Ridge
Tanzania
Bulyanhulu
Tanzania
Geita
Tanzania
Tulawaka Tanzania
2
Kilo Moto
DRC
Twangiza DRC
+2
37.6 M oz

1 M oz
1.6
16
11
+4

Predominantly in Lake Victoria Greenstone Belt

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STRATEGIES MINERAL POLICY, 2001

Mineral Resources Contribute to Development

Sector Development by Private Participation
Minimize Social and Environmental Impact
Develop Local Capacity
Regularize Artisanal Mining
Women Participation
Value Added

STRATEGIES MINING ACT, 2003

Ownership Vested in Government

Various Mineral Rights
Mineral Agreements with investors
Separation of Powers in administration
Royalties payable on gross value
Royalty Revenues Shared: Government/Local
Government and Landowner

STRATEGIES MINING ACT contd

Activities to comply with National Environmental
Management Act
Compensate Landowners for Disturbance
Settlement of Disputes: Administrative Reviews /
Courts of Law
Removal of Discretionary Powers
Arbitration through sole expert

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STRATEGIES MINERAL SECTOR

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
2004-2011: World Bank/IDA, African Development Bank,
Nordic Development Fund, and Government of Uganda
Geoscience Data
Airborne Geophysical Surveys: 700,000 line-kms of magnetic,
radiometric & EM to be acquired.
To date approx. 558,000 line-kms flown with completion
expected by Feb 09
Geological Mapping, Geochemical Surveys & Mineral
Resources Assessment commenced in Nov 2008.
Establishment of Geoscience Databases, Geological & Mineral
Information System is in progress.

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Priority areas for airborne geophysical surveys.

AfDB

IDA

AfDB
IDA
AfDB

AfDB

IDA

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Airborne magnetic total field intensity

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Airborne total count radiometrics

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STRATEGIES MINERAL SECTOR

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME contd
Capacity Building through training and
retooling.
Transparency in Mineral Titles
administration.
Physical infrastructure development.
Investment Promotion
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CONCLUSIONS

UGANDA HAS EXCELLENT POTENTIAL

NEW GEOSCIENCE DATA PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES

INVESTOR FRIENDLY POLICIES AND CLIMATE

WARM WELCOME TO VISIT UGANDA BOOTH 331,

AT THE MINES & MONEY CONFERENCE
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THANK YOU

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