Gold Exploration in West Africa

[FL]

What's West Africa's least-known country?

Guinea-Bissau. Even people living in Guinea generally have no idea what's going on in Guinea-Bissau.

This beats Niger, mentioned in my earlier message, and The Gambia, for international obscurity.

In the American press, Cape Verde, Sao Tome & Principe, Mayotte, and Malawi are very obscure. That used to be the case for Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone and Djibouti, but times changed. Since Emperor Bokassa, Central African Republic hasn't got much attention.

For worldwide gold/resource exploration, its arguably good to be an early participant in an "obscure" country -- but there aren't that many left in the world.

Champion Resources, now part of Red Back (RBI.V), said they did a general prospecting survey of Guinea-Bissau, but I don't think they found any significant precious metals. They did license a large phosphate deposit near the Senegalese border.

FL