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Discovering new gold deposits is without a doubt, pertinent to meet the increasing demand for precious minerals like gold. Characterization is done to ascertain the presence of Gold in the Filin-kokuwa deposit. Characterization was carried out using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (ED-XRF), and Scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS). The results revealed that Filin–Kokuwa gold ore approximately assayed 15 ppm, Au. It was observed from the result that the ore contains 66.5% SiO2, 7.37% K2O, 3.16% CaO, 0.0015% Au, and other associated minerals. Further qualitative analysis using petrography revealed non-equiaxial mineral grains (light grey), unevenly distributed across the dark-grey ore matrix. This study, therefore, established that the deposit contains gold ore and could be a potential source of gold exploitation in Nigeria.
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Bwala, M.D., Abdulfattah, F., Alabi, O.O., Hassan, S.B. (2023). Chemical Characterization of Filin-Kokuwa Gold Deposit in Northeast Nigeria Towards Its Appraisal. In: Zhang, M., et al. Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2023. TMS 2023. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22576-5_31
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