Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Egypt to offer eight gold mining concessions

(Reuters) - Egypt plans to offer eight new gold mining concessions as part of its scheme to revive its precious metal industry, a senior official said on Wednesday.

The Arab world's most populous country, which once considered gold the skin of the gods, is revisiting ancient deposits of the metal -- some of which have not been worked for 2000 years.


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