Discovering gold mines in Yemen

Preliminary estimates of mineral discoveries pointed to the existence of large deposits of gold in three areas in Hadhramaut governorate and in Atma and in Zamar governorate, as well as large quantities of zinc and manganese in Naham area in Sanaa.

The Yemeni newspaper El-Thawra said today that work is going on to resume exploration for these resources, which promise to produce large quantities to cover the needs of the local markets and to export to neighboring markets.