Falémé mine

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Falémé iron ore deposits

Location
Region	Kédougou Region
Country	Senegal
History
Active	1962 - 1982

Faleme (1980)

The Falémé iron ore deposits are located in south-east Senegal in the Kédougou Region. Several deposits of primary Magnetite and high-grade oxide ores have been explored. The proved, minable reserves amount to 260 million tons of coarse-grained magnetite with an average Fe-content of 45% and 340 million tons of oxide ore with an average Fe-content of 59%.^[1]

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