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MODERN GOLD RUSH: 2010 Northeast Sudan
Written by Chip Saunders Subject: Gold and Silver
Among gold prospectors who use metal detectors, the Minelab brand is renowned as being the premier manufacturer of today’s latest technologically advanced metal detectors used for hunting gold nuggets. (Detectorists call it “nugget-shooting”.) More expensive than ever before, Minelab’s top of the line GPX-4500 will easily set you back about $4500,…if you can find one that is.
What all this boils down to is that the Sudanese gold fields are nearly virgin territory for the modern metal detectorist .
Black market?! Why a black market? Because metal detectors are banned in Sudan. They are illegal because of their utility in regards to landmines and the continuing wars that have plagued the area. Thusly, every single metal detector in Sudan is smuggled in. This fact, plus the long civil war, difficult and remote conditions explain why this region has not been extensively detected previously. It also explains why the locals are not talking about it much publicly.
It is also illegal for the gold to leave the country. The government requires it be sold to them in exchange for paper currency. So the smuggling of gold out of the country is also a new and expanding enterprise. Much of the money for purchasing the detectors – and the destination for the smuggled gold – is Dubai; a city closely associated with this new gold rush.
However, before you decide to be an adventuring Indiana Jones or soldier-of-fortune, pack up all your detecting gear and get on a plane for northern Africa, remember that this is one of Al Queada’s safe havens. For a time, Bin Laden was a guest of Bashir, the Sudanese President. Clinton ordered cruise missile strikes on Al Queada training camps there in the 90’s. Remember that the Darfur conflict is about Muslims seeking to slaughter Christians. These are some notoriously nasty Nubians. As an imperialist American infidel attempting to compete with local faithful followers of Allah for the gold he has put in the ground as a bounty for his people,…they would likely be all over you quicker than a Congressman on a loose tax dollar! In fact, you would likely need your own group of fellow armed prospectors just to maintain your safety.
The local Sudanese miners for many years have worked to develop small-scale operations based on shallow quartz veins and desert placer mining methods. The comparatively new Pulse-Induction metal detector technology has given them a new option to work these areas profitably in spite of the difficult conditions. As this gold rush unfolds, we will attempt to keep you updated on any important finds.
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5 Comments in Response to MODERN GOLD RUSH: 2010 Northeast Sudan
gold rush not only in northeast but in north in nahr alneel ( nile rever ) state neer atbra city is big gold rush because many men find gold alot of gold . the gpx 4500 price in north sudan between 25000$ to 35000$ because metal detector is forbidden in sudan but not in nahr alneel state and my friends find gold in 100000$ to 150000 for each any one need more info just mail me . every one sudan now what gpx4500 do ..........This is a formal notice of Infringement as authorized in § 512(c) of the U.S. Copyright Law under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
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An apology is not sufficient, nor is a mention of my name. The magazine in which this article appeared paid several hundred dollars to print my work. An apology does not allow you to use my work for free. You are clearly breaking copyright law and the fact that your authors and editors do not understand this show this to be a cheap, amateur, two-bit publication.
I demand that you delete all of the text that is mine (about 75% of the article) or pay me $300 for the right to use my article.
Chris Ralph, Original author of the work plagiarized by this publicationThis article is blatant plagiarism, copying an article I wrote for the ICMJ Prospecting and Mining Journal, which was published in December 2009.
Mr. Saunders is apparently a copy and paste artist with no talent of his own, who steals from others and gives no credit. Shame on you! This article is copyright infringement, and should be promptly removed. A complaint has been made to the management.
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The version of this article I first uploaded got somehow cut up and butchered, so it was an incomplete read. I have since restored the full text. Sorry for the poor quality you may have first experienced.