We are pleased to welcome five new sponsors to the project: Azumah Resources, BUMIGEB, Drake Resources, OMRG, and Volta Resources
The West African Exploration Initiative (WAXI) is an ambitious research and training program led by nine partner institutions, focussed on the mineral potential of the Leo-Man Craton. This Initiative, which commenced in November 2006, is principally funded by the international Mining Industry and the Australian Government (AusAID & ARC), via an AMIRA International consortium. AMIRA International is an industry association dedicated to supporting collaborative minerals industry research. The overall aim of West Africa Exploration Initiative is to enhance the exploration potential of the Leo-Man Shield through an integrated program of research and data gathering into its “anatomy’, and to augment the capacity of local institutions to undertake this form of work. The capacity building activities are completely underwritten by AusAID (the Australian Agency for International Development). The initiative covers the whole of the Leo-Man Shield and its immediate surrounds, and includes the following countries: Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo. Key motivations for undertaking this initiative are to assist exploration companies in focusing their activities in areas of maximum prospectivity and to help local Geological Surveys and Universities in the region in their role of providing pre-competitive data and information. A 150Gb Exploration GIS has been developped, which underpins our research and training activities, and continues to grow as new projects are carried our. The stage 2 project commenced March 1st 2010, for companies still interested in joining this project, see here for contact information.
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