Sudan Government and Moroccan Manajim Company Sign Agreement for Gold Exploration in Nahral-Neil and Red Sea States

SUNA- The Government of Sudan, represented in the Ministry of Energy ad Mining, Sunday signed with the Moroccan Manajim Company at Al-Fatih Tower in Khartoum an agreement to explore gold at Square (15) in Wadi-Gigiya and Square (24) in Al-Sharif area.

The Minister of Energy and Mining, Al-Zubair Ahmed Al-Hassan, has signed the agreement on behalf of Sudan government and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Moroccan Manajim Company, Abdul-Aziz Abaru, signed for it.

Present at the signing ceremony were the State Minister at the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Angelina Gani, and the Ambassador of Morocco to Sudan, Mohamed Maal-Ainnen. At the signing ceremony, the Minister of Energy and Mining, Al-Zubair Ahmed Al-Hassan, affirmed that his ministry is giving a special concern to the development in the mining sector due to its role in boosting the national economy.

He said that the Ministry of Mining will provide all facilities for the company to carrying out its work at the privilege areas, calling on the Moroccan Manajim Company to give regard to realizing social development at the fixed gold exploration areas.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Manajim Company said that his company is regarding the agreement as an important one due to its contribution to consolidating the relations between Sudan and Morocco. He said that Manajim Company has assigned three million dollars to implement the pre-mining operations, adding that the company will begin its work at Squares (15) and (24) in the coming two weeks. It is to be recalled the Squares (15) and (24) exist in the Red Sea and Nahral-Neil States.