About SYOGM Management
Country |
Since Year |
Company |
Business |
Development Stage |
Managed by |
Next Stage |
Tanzania |
2012 |
GOLDIVANTI (TANZANIA) LIMITED |
Gold Trade and Mining |
Defunct |
GOLDIVANTI LP |
New branch setup |
Tanzania |
2016 |
START YOUR OWN GOLD MINE LIMITED |
Gold Mining and Consulting |
Contracts in place |
Start Your Own Gold Mine LLC |
Production |
Uganda |
2018 |
GOLDIVANTI GOLD LIMITED |
Gold Mining |
Contracts in place |
Start Your Own Gold Mine LLC and GOLDIVANTI LP |
Production |
Rwanda |
2018 |
Start Your Own Gold Mine Ltd. |
Gold Mining and Consulting |
Research |
SYOGM LLC |
Establishment |
Kenya |
2018 |
START YOUR OWN GOLD MINE LIMITED |
Gold Mining and Consulting |
Establishment |
SYOGM LLC |
Production |
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- SYOGM Rock Impact Mill
SYOGM Rock Impact Mill refers to low-cost, highly efficient, crushing and grinding impact mill with capacity of 500 kg and even up to 900 kg per hour. Capacity depends of the operator's skills and speed of work. This type of rock impact mill can easily replace rudimentary and very expensive ball mills such as those used in East Africa, in Tanzania, Uganda or Kenya or neighboring countries. While local village miners need to dry their rocks, this rock impact mill will work with water and without drying. It may process dry rocks as well. The machine may be transported by 2 people from a car to operating site. Or it may be transported by one person and wheelbarrow. Thus it is very mobile. Recovery screen is 1 mm and may be adjusted. We know from practical testing and scientific journal that screen of 1.5 mm is good enough to achieve almost optimum recovery. Thus our screen of 1 mm is more than enough to provide optimum recovery for small scale miners in East Africa and in other countries. This is pass-through grinding machine. It means that it may be used for very quick gold discoery and field sampling.
- If you can catch a leprechaun...
A leprechaun, according to Irish legend is a dwarf who keeps a pot of gold hidden away. If you can catch a leprechaun, your troubles are over. Because he keeps his gold just for ransom money. If you catch him, he'll quickly tell you where his gold is, so you'll let him go.
- 2020-05-04: Mzungu shoes
Sandals are best to be worn in such area.
- 2020-05-02: Passage of cattle over the river Rohezanyinda
Cattle has to pass the river just as always. There is no adequate bridge and it easily comes to animal abuse. We have to remember that we are just in front of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and it means end of civilization. Only gorillas and elephants and other larger or smaller animals may be found just 30 meters from this place straight to Congo.
- 2020-05-02: Demonstration of Villa Grazia by our Italian manager
Villa Grazia is the cabin where our Italian manager was sleeping. Elephants were passing just by. Inside of the cabin there is tent for better protection from humidity and insects.
- 2020-05-02: Demarcation of the mining site and latrine in background
One may see demarcation of the mining site and latrine in background.
- 2020-05-02: Living cabin in the middle of the mining site
We had elephants passing nearby this cabin each in a while as they come out of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda and go to sweet potato fields for a meal.
- 2020-05-02: Mining pit covered with water with Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in background
One may see our first mining pit on this site #1 just about 100 meters in front of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda in the district of Kisoro. Start Your Own Gold Mine program is available in every country where gold may be mined.
- 2020-05-02: Main cabin and storage
The cabin also serves as storage as in this left part of the cabin we have been accommodating a manager and apprentice plus all the shovels, gumboots, pickaxes, and other mining gear.
- 2020-05-02: Large camping tent
The large camping tent sometimes accommodated even 6 to 8 people. When set on right place it offers quite a good protection from humidity, rain and eventual wind.
- Meetings during Preliminary Site Assessment and Inspection in Busia, Uganda for gold mining startups
2020-09-28 - We are continually conducting meetings with gold mining site owners, and arranging appointments and conducting Preliminary Site Assessment and Inspection to determine in a quick manner how small scale gold mining activities may be improved. East African small scale gold mining industry will be good opportunity for investments for long term.
- 2020-01-18 Day of gold prospecting from Kampala, Uganda and 500 km to the West
This was the day of gold prospecting straight from Kampala, Uganda and
then 500 km to the west. We arrived to the place which we are not
revealing at this place. Gold was confirmed several times on the first
gradient. That means after verbal gold prospecting we are arriving to
location and panning or making reports. On this location we found area
without license that can be licensed by us. It offers opportunity for
quick gold mining.
- 0.23 grams of gold recovered from concentrate after the sluice run
This is 0.23 grams of gold that we have recovered from concentrate
after the sluice run.
We are satisfied that our medium field prospecting sluice is not
losing any gold particles. The situation "not to lose" gold particles
is specific to this location, the particle shapes and sizes. If gold
particles would be smaller, we would need to utilize better special
methods. While we have almost 95% of gold particles that belong to
medium gold size group, we recover all gold that is present in the
excavated soil.
- 0.144 grams of natual gold particles on the balance scale
This is how it looks like when gold is measured.
- 2.4 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale
This is alluvial gold, natural gold nuggets on the balance scale.
- 0.214 grams of gold of natural gold particles on the balance scale
We observe gold particles on the balance scale, we measure the gold and verify its values, this way miner gets the ability to conduct field assays.
- 0.078 grams of gold on the balance scale
This is how much gold one needs to reach 0.078 grams. Observations of quantity of gold and its weight and value is a process that helps the miner determine easier good gold bearing areas.
- 0.008 grams of natural gold particles on the balance scale
This is 0.008 grams of natural gold particles on the balance scale.
- Purchase of 0.552 grams of natural gold nuggets in the area of Rubuguri town, district of Kisoro, Uganda
Purchase of small gold quantities develops our relations to village miners and our knowledge of the gold.
- 1.28 grams of gold in the gold pan
These final gold particles have been cleaned after run of the sluice in the valley of Katojo, village Nyamatsinda, area of Rubuguri town, district of Kisoro, Uganda, during our gold prospecting and exploration project from February 2020. Particles show that they have been kicked many times by rocks and boulders and that their origin is not this place, not here where they are found.
- Natural gold nuggets from Uganda
These final gold particles have been cleaned after run of the sluice in the valley of Katojo, village Nyamatsinda, area of Rubuguri town, district of Kisoro, Uganda, during our gold prospecting and exploration project from February 2020. Particles show that they have been kicked many times by rocks and boulders and that their origin is not this place, not here where they are found.
- Final gold particles from the valley of Katojo, village Nyamatsinda, area of Rubuguri town, district of Kisoro, Uganda
These final gold particles have been cleaned after run of the sluice in the valley of Katojo, village Nyamatsinda, area of Rubuguri town, district of Kisoro, Uganda, during our gold prospecting and exploration project from February 2020. Particles show that they have been kicked many times by rocks and boulders and that their origin is not this place, not here where they are found.
- Measuring gold particle sizes tells us this is 0.012 grams gold nugget with length of about 2 mm
We measured the gold particle sizes so to easier estimate the outcomes during field assaying. With this big gold particles of 2-3 mm in its length, we know how many of such similar nuggets we need to one gram of gold. Estimates and learning of field assaying process is part of the program Start Your Own Gold Mine. Without practical experience on the field, person may be confused on how to estimate alluvial deposits.
- Measuring gold particle sizes tells us this is 0.02 grams gold nugget with length of about 2-3 mm
We measured the gold particle sizes so to easier estimate the outcomes during field assaying. With this big gold particles of 2-3 mm in its length, we know how many of such similar nuggets we need to one gram of gold. Estimates and learning of field assaying process is part of the program Start Your Own Gold Mine. Without practical experience on the field, person may be confused on how to estimate alluvial deposits.
- Measuring gold particle sizes tells us this is 0.032 grams gold nugget with length of about 3 mm
We measured the gold particle sizes so to easier estimate the outcomes during field assaying. With this big gold particles of 2-3 mm in its length, we know that we need at least 30+ such particles to reach one gram. Estimates and learning of field assaying process is part of the program Start Your Own Gold Mine. Without practical experience on the field, person may be confused on how to estimate alluvial deposits.
- Purchase of 0.028 grams in Katojo, Rubuguri, district of Kisoro, Uganda
We purchased some small gold particles, about 0.028 grams of natural small gold nuggets in the area of Rubugur, district of Kisoro in Uganda.
- Purchase of 0.026 grams of natural gold nuggets in the gold mining area of Rubuguri, District Kisoro, Uganda
We purchase this gold as described for some amount of 1 dollar as of April 2020, the balance scale is very precise and can help us in better estimation of gold grade at alluvial gold mining terrains.
- Purchase of 0.074 grams of natural gold nugggets
Local village miners are sometimes asking us to buy gold, and we do so gladly, we pay for even smallest and largest quantities of gold.
- Purchase of 0.816 grams of natural gold nuggets in the area of Rubuguri, district Kisoro, Uganda
We have been purchasing gold from village miners so to become aware of locations where gold can be mined and to understand more about gold particle shapes and sizes. Angular shapes indicate to us sources of gold or nearby source locations.
- Purchase of 0.232 grams of pure gold nuggets in gold mining area of Rubuguri, Kisoro, Uganda
We have purchased here 0.232 grams of gold, pure and natural gold nuggets, directly from local miners in the area of Rubuguri, Kisoro, Uganda
- Purchase of 0.914 grams in the area of Rubuguri, Kisoro, Uganda
Small gold is purchased from village miners with the purpose of inspection and understanding of the gold particles and their formation in the particular area.
- 2020-03-30, 0.060 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale

- 2020-03-30, 0.02 grams natural gold nugget on the balance scale

- 2020-03-30, 0.078 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale

- 2020-03-29, 0.296 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale

- 2020-03-28, 0.058 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale

- 2020-03-28, 1.582 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale

- 2020-03-28, 5.924 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale

- 2020-03-26, 0.52 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale

- 2020-03-25, 0.12 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale

- 2020-03-15, 5.39 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale

- March 9th 2020, more than 10 grams on the balance scale

- March 9th 2020, 2.316 grams of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale

- March 9th 2020, natural gold nuggets on the desk

- Natural gold nuggets on the balance scale, year 2020, March and April
This is collection of various measurements of natural gold nuggets on the balance scale from the year 2020, from March and April
- February 28th 2020, Opening of the alluvial pit #1
The first alluvial pit #1 is opened at this location.
- February 28th 2020, Together with mineral police protection in Kisoro, Uganda
Mineral police protection officers visited our site and made sure of legalities.
- February 27th 2020, Our cabin on the mining site

- February 27th 2020, Work on the gold mining site

- February 27th 2020, There is action the first day on the mining site

- February 27th 2020, View on our mining site

- February 27th 2020, Preparation of the latrine
Latrine is a public toilet in a military area, word is used for bush areas too.
- February 27th 2020, Using rocks to demarcate the mining site in Uganda
The free rocks have been used to demarcate the mining site. After few
days of rain, rocks are very clean and can be inspected for gold and
other minerals.
- February 27th 2020, First day on the new mining site in Uganda
This was February 27th 2020, and the first day on the new mining site,
as you can see we are in full activity, digging the pits and
demarcating the site.
- February 26th 2020, Transport of gold mining equipment over the river

- February 26th 2020, Very slippery road on the way to the gold mining site

- February 26th 2020, Muddy soil on the road is making difficulties for our truck

- February 26th 2020, The road to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
There are many lodges for gorilla safari on the road to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
- February 26th 2020, Arrival to mining site
The travel was long, about 500 kilometers to the mining site.
- February 26th 2020, Apprentice in the program Start Your Own Gold Mine
Work at the cabin.
- February 26th 2020, The cabin on the mining site
One can see the cabin on the mining site, used for accommodation and storage. Shelves are used to stow more equipment in a nice manner.
- February 26th 2020, supervisor Gaetano on mining site
Gaetano is mining site supervisor, skilled in gold, diamonds and
jewellery production.
- February 26th 2020, supervisor Gaetano before the final move to the mining site
It requires guts for doing what we are doing. Mine site supervisor
Gaetano is seemingly enjoying the time before the final transfer of
equipment to the mining site.
- The Elephant Bee Hive Project in Katojo, Rubuguri, district of Kisoro, Uganda
The Elephant Bee Hive Project was the idea to place the beehives as a
natural and live fence to deter elephants not to exit the Bwindi
Impenetrable Forest. This way, people's crops could be saved. However,
the idea is not practical, as many beehives were abandoned first by
their bees, and second by their maintainers, the project is not
functional, and requires skilled people to work. We have made our own
Elephant Defense Project and have informed people that they could
plant chilli pepper around the crops to deter elephants, further, we
informed rangers of the Uganda Wild Life Authority that they could
bringing elephants' dung from other places of the forest to deter them
to exit the forest in the night. The implementation alone requires
funding and investments. We can provide only the advice.
- Heavy grizzly bars loaded into the truck before departure to the alluvial gold mining site in Uganda
The heavy grizzly bars are loaded into the truck, four people can
carry one grizzly bar.
- The truck ready to depart with our equipment to alluvial gold mining site in Uganda
## February 25th 2020
The truck is almost ready to depart to district of Kisoro, Uganda.
- All about pickaxes in the program Start Your Own Gold Mine in East Africa
Here you may see all methods of preparation, handling and maintaining the pickaxes in the program Start Your Own Gold Mine that we conduct in East Africa. We are opening gold mines in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and any other East African country such as Burundi, South Sudan and even in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. We are zealous to get to the gold, forget the commercial series Gold Rush, we may often risk our lives, sometimes we are going deep into forest and jungle whenever necessary, just to get the gold. No fears of snakes or other circumstances that would not appeal to luxury life styles of Europe and North America.
- Method of mounting the metal part of the pickaxe onto its handle
The quality of pickaxes in East Africa is terrible. They are sold in
parts, metal pickaxe part is sold separate from wooden handles and
neither the metal part nor the wooden handles are all the same, so
they have to be prepared and mounted together before any small scale
mining work can start.
- Mounting the metal parts of the pickaxe onto its handle in Kampala, Uganda
The quality of pickaxes in East Africa is terrible. They are sold in
parts, metal pickaxe part is sold separate from wooden handles and
neither the metal part nor the wooden handles are all the same, so
they have to be prepared and mounted together before any small scale
mining work can start.
We made sure that pickaxes do get its proper function.
- Apprentice in Start Your Own Gold Mine program practicing how to mount metal parts of the pickaxe onto its handles
The quality of pickaxes in East Africa is terrible. They are sold in
parts, metal pickaxe part is sold separate from wooden handles and
neither the metal part nor the wooden handles are all the same, so
they have to be prepared and mounted together before any small scale
mining work can start.
On this video one may see one of our apprentices learning and
practicing on how to mount metal parts of the pickaxe onto its wooden
handles.
- Method of mounting the metal part of the pickaxe onto its handle
The quality of pickaxes in East Africa is terrible. They are sold in
parts, metal pickaxe part is sold separate from wooden handles and
neither the metal part nor the wooden handles are all the same, so
they have to be prepared and mounted together before any small scale
mining work can start.
By using this method as shown on the video we are mounting the metal
parts of the pickaxe onto its handles.
- Method of making sure of safety for the pickaxes
The quality of pickaxes in East Africa is terrible. They are sold in
parts, metal pickaxe part is sold separate from wooden handles and
neither the metal part nor the wooden handles are all the same, so
they have to be prepared and mounted together before any small scale
mining work can start.
This video shows the method how we are making sure that pickaxes are
safe and don't slip off its wooden handle. Wood expands while soaking
some water and metal part of the pickaxe remains firmly on its handle.
- Preparation of pickaxe handles in our headquarter in Kampala, Uganda
The quality of pickaxes in East Africa is terrible. They are sold in
parts, metal pickaxe part is sold separate from wooden handles and
neither the metal part nor the wooden handles are all the same, so
they have to be prepared and mounted together before any small scale
mining work can start.
- The trucks for sale in Entebbe, Uganda, April 12th 2017
These trucks were for sale in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2017, discovered during the VMTRADE market research.
- Beautiful fountaine at Imperial Mall in Entebbe, Uganda, April 12th 2017
This is beautiful fountain by Imperial Mall in Entebbe, Uganda.
- Beautiful hair like tree flower in Entebbe, Uganda, April 12th 2017
This is beautiful hair-like flower on the tree in Entebbe, Uganda. If
one comes from Europe where we cannot see this type of flowers, we may
think that it comes from other planet.
- Kampala Taxi Park as of April 10th 2017
## April 10th 2017
This is Kampala Taxi Park.
- Testing of spray bars on the Lake Victoria in Kampala, Uganda
We have been conducting a test of spray bars at the Lake Victoria in
Kampala, Uganda.
- Testing the INGCO water pump in Kampala, Uganda, directly on the beach of Lake Victoria
Each part of the gold mining equipment in the Start Your Own Gold Mine
program is tested for its function. We brought the water pump to the
Lake Victoria lake near Luzira, Kampala, the capital of Uganda.
It is working well.
- Manufacture of spray bars with the HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) pipes in Kampala, Uganda
The mine site supervisor Gaetano is supervising our apprentice during
the manufacture of the spray bars. We have used here HDPE (High
Density Polyethylene) pipes and couplings.
- Please tell me about capacity of crushing and grinding of gold bearing ores?
2019-08-29 Our local partner in Tanzania is asking about various parameters required to determine the rock crushing and grinding capacities, usually necessary to be provided to Chinese manufacturers of rock crushing and grinding machinery. We always recommend American based and European machinery before Chinese machinery, first for the moderate price, as when one knows where to purchase machinery, the quality and capacity of such machines are usually superior to Chinese made machines. Second because it is cheaper. Many purchase machinery in China, due to online marketing of chinese manufacturers. Pricing is yet still cheaper in USA, Canada and Europe.
- Strategic Partnership Agreement between the Safe Mining Initiative, Tanzania and Start Your Own Gold Mine
June 20th 2019. Strategic Partnership Agreement have been signed between the Safe Mining Initiative, Tanzania and Start Your Own Gold Mine. The major purpose of the agreement is to provide mutual educational efforts for miners and public in Tanzania and the world, on ethical and environmentally friendly mining methods, pollution issues, and other adverse social issues with the goal of social betterment of the same. START YOUR OWN GOLD MINE LIMITED is to strive to we prepare mobile educational centers and educational tents, that will teach miners safe mining methods. Such tents would be mobile, movable, and transportable, with basic equipment and demonstratable methods teaching mercury free gold recovery. Such tents would be equipped with music, loudspeakers, with advertising panes which speak about the safe mining.
- About mentor to Start Your Own Gold Mine, Mr. Jean Louis
This page is telling you about the mentor to Start Your Own Gold Mine, Mr. Jean Louis, little about his life story and background in teaching and consulting for business startups. Mr. Jean Louis is born in 1973 and have opened his first official company the first working day of this 18th birthdate. This was 4 years too late, as business was running since he was 14 years. He worked in former Yugoslavia, in theater of Austria, in Germany, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Tanzania and Uganda. He has helped hundreds of businessmen worldwide to establish their own business. Knowledgeable in international corporate laws he has been helping with business startups and asset protections since 2002. Distance management and delegation skills enable him to run multiple teams in multiple countries in the same time. Communication is number one priority. That is the motto of Mr. Louis. Start Your Own Gold Mine with personal and face to face consulting and training by Jean.
- Are you looking for joint venture in mining or in prospecting? What is tangible gold bearing ores?
Many gold mining lands owners and mineral license holders inquire with our company and invite us to inspect the mining site. Usually such mining sites are not developed. So often mining sites do not have even one open shaft or any activity engaged. That creates situation and invitation that we shall rather invest into prospecting activities instead of actual mining activities. In this articles you may understand the difference between the prospecting and exploration stage and actual mining stage. It explains you what is tangible gold bearing ores and what kind of joint ventures we are looking for.
- Ball mills used in program Start Your Own Gold Mine
We love ball mills. We love balls and rods used in ball mills and rod mills. We love crushing and grinding of gold bearing rocks. In this category we are teaching our clients and website visitors on some facts, tips and tricks on usage, maintenance and practical operations of ball mills. Learn how to get those rocks crushed and grinded!
- Verification of water source on mining site in Tanzania
Water sources in mining are major resource. On majority of artisanal mining sites in Tanzania water is rather obstacle than a resource. This situation here is quite different, the mining site needs a lot of water for processing. Verification of the water supply have taken place this day. Several water sources available on this mining site.
- Jaw crusher test in Tanzania
This is small jaw crusher and we are testing the function, not the capacity. We brought it back to life. It needs grease and kind care. Jaw crusher is our best friend.
- Coin in the gold pan along gold particles
Coin is placed in the pan to show the sizes and help in understanding the findings when pictures are sent for the analysis.
- Fine gold recovery system preparation
Fine gold recovery system may be improvized with simplest tools.
- Simple super concentration setup
This simple super concentration setup is using recirculated water and bilge pump to recover fine gold particles.
- Mr. M'hengele Nkwabi gold panning
Gold panning practice and preparation for the real work on the mining site is process that every staff member is undergoing.
- Separation of particles by their sizes
Particles are sorted and separated in various buckets by their sizes.
- Black sand in the bucket
This is black sand, more over this is magnetite that we are using in the technology of fine gold recovery.
- Black sand sorting with buckets
The black sand or better said magnetite is sorted in buckets. A transparent tape sticks on the side of buckets, it may not be visible on pictures. Over the transparent tape the mesh sizes are written so that various magnetite particles may be separated. Similar process can be used for quick and field particle size analysis.
- Sieves and buckets for gold prospecting
Sieves of various mesh sizes and buckets are used in gold prospecting and final gold recovery.
- Collecting black sand from rain drainage
Rain is bringing iron particles down the streams and natural drainage streams. Those places are researched and magnetite is collected to recover gold.
- Mr. M'hengele Nkwabi calling people during black sand collection
As you may see there are buckets around, as this is the action of collection of black sand, magnetite and some hematite. Such is used in recovery of gold particles. Normally miners are removing or separating black sand and it is funny that we even need it in larger quantities, as we are using magnetite in the technology we are applying to recover gold.
- Natural drainage is chosen to collect black sand
Mr. M'hengele Nkwabi is collecting black sand from natural rain drainage in Geita, Tanzania.
- Main roundabout in Geita, Tanzania, the major gold mining town in Tanzania
This is roundabout in Geita town, Tanzania, the main gold mining place in Tanzania. Our headquarter in Geita is just about 15 minutes slow walk from this roundabout. Few rock crushing machines may be seen on the roundabout as monuments.
- Artisanal mining site and pond of water
This is how artisanal mining sites look like in Geita, Tanzania. A pond of dirty water is valuable resources for mineral processing.
Latest pages from GOLDIVANTI LP
- Avoiding social media gold trade deals and how to find real gold
Here we explain how to find real gold deals worldwide and how to avoid social media based gold trade deals which are mostly fake and fraudulent.
- Mr. Louis and Mr. Obua before the research of alluvial gold in Kisoro, Uganda
This was the day of the meeting with the mining engineer Mr. Innocent Obua, we have prepared the plan to verify gold occurences at certain locations. Until begin of December this has actually been done and new locations have been arranged for alluvial gold recovery.
- Compressed Earth Block Machine in Kampala, Uganda
This is the Compressed Earth Block (CEB) machine in Kampala, Uganda, we will use it to construct buildings on mining sites or our premises in various locations of Uganda.
- GOLDIVANTI GOLD LIMITED headquarter in Kampala, Uganda
This is the headquarter of GOLDIVANTI GOLD LIMITED in Uganda, as of end of 2019. We are located in Kyebando Central, Kampala, Uganda.
- Asbestos Gloves and Molds for Gold Melting
These are asbestos gloves and molds for gold melting that we have available in Uganda. Same type is purchased for Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. Proper handling of melted gold ensures safety. Mold has to be preheated to avoid splashing of melted gold.
- View on few resources, the line from rudimentary ball mill to the pools
Date: 2019-05-01, North Mara, Tanzania. Dejan Vidojković is explaining the line from the elevated ball mills and jaw crushers to the pools downthere as they may be used to collect water, or recirculate the water. We must devise new several production lines on this mining site, that is why we are communicating and sending videos and pictures to each other as Mr. Jean Louis was located on distance in Europe, supervising the operations.
- Gold prospecting on river in Northern Uganda
This is our staff member Stephen Tibasima looking for favorable places for gold prospecting in Northern Uganda.
- Lodge in Northern Uganda
Every room has a separate entrance and good security.
- Hotel Restaurant Mego Lonyo in Northern Uganda
This is the hotel and restaurant Mego Lonyo in Northern Uganda.
- Agoro, Northern Uganda
This is wild west style picture from Agoro, Northern Uganda, during our gold prospecting expedition on February 17th 2019.
- Alluvial gold particles measured by chikolo, Uganda
These alluvial gold particles from Uganda are measured by chikolo size, the size of one hole of the razor blade.
- Gold prospecting expedition start on February 16th 2019
Our staff members moving to Northern Uganda for gold prospecting expedition on February 16th 2019.
- Tororo town, Uganda
This is Tororo town in Uganda.
- Artisanal mineral processing near Geita, Tanzania
This is classic artisanal mineral processing near Geita, Tanzania, there is a sluice, there are some pools with water, the tailing heaps, and final milled ores are processed here, concentrate of gold is collected and processed with mercury. Mercury is poisonous and forbidden substance. We are never using mercury in our own mercury free gold recovery technology.
- Mining shaft on the mining site
This is one of the mining shafts on mining site. People are going for rocks, while alluvial content was even one gram per shovel on certain locations. It is not quite logical to understand, but people on mining site may not know the mining site without conducting the Prospecting Checks for gold.
- Mazuri Lodge, near Geita, Tanzania
This is how the lodge and street looks like in mining locations near Geita, Tanzania.
- Ball mills for small scale gold mining imported to Tanzania
These ball mills are for small scale mining, the total capacity for 2 ball mills is not more than 1.2 tonnes per hour. On good and rich ores these ball mills speed up the gold production for about 12 times. The equivalent capacity if purchased in Tanzania would be US $50,000. The ball mills are worth about 50% less. They are running on diesel engines and can bring good steady income over the time. Ball mills are used in final grinding of the crushed gold bearing rocks.
- The transport of ball mills starts from Dar es Salaam to Kahama, Tanzania
The transport of ball mills starts from Dar es Salaam to Kahama, Tanzania.
- Transport of ball mills with the forklift
The forklift is loading ball mills into the truck.
- Ball mills imported from China
These ball mills were waiting long time to get imported from China.
- Camping tents
Camping tents are prepared for the usage on mining fields. To setup a tent may be easy for somebody with experience. Camping and using tents is common in Europe and North Americas, it is not common in East Africa. Not this type of tents, no. So setting up and using tents requires training time.
- Gold pans and sieves
Gold pans and sieves are basic gold recovery equipment that one may need. It is used at begin of any action cycle, during the mineral processing and at the end during the final gold recovery.
- Wooden goats and basic sluice feeder with the perforated metal sheet
These are wooden goats used for about one year in Uganda, during 2018, the feeder box or hopper with the perforated metal sheet.
- HDPE pipes and wooden goats in the storage room
One can see the HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) pipe and the wooden goat in the storage room.
- Slick plates for sluices and gold recovery
Studies on sluices and best practices in gold recovery always recommend using slick plates to allow the finest gold particles to easier separate from the rest of materials.
- The read miners moss matting
This red miners moss matting sadly was lost the day we have made picture of it. We have plenty of it left.
- The front of the shop in Ndaiga, Uganda
This is how front of the shop looks like in Ndaiga, Uganda.
- The front of the apartment in Ndaiga
This is front gate of the apartments in Ndaiga, Uganda…
- Gold panning in Ndaiga, Uganda
Our appreciated workers are gold panning in Ndaiga, Uganda.
- Classic bathroom in Ndaiga
This is the bathroom. The place to wash your body in Ndaiga, Uganda.
- Room in the lodge in Ndaiga, Uganda
This is how simple lodge room looks like in Ndaiga, Uganda. The area of Amonikakinei is known for gold existence since long time.
- One kilogram, one 100 grams and three troy ounces of gold
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- Greetings from Philippines by children of Mr. Sandy Orencia
Alright! Thank you Philippines! Goldivanti Gold in Uganda has got support from Philippines! Thank you Sandy! Thank you children of father Sandy. We are working hard in Uganda and in Tanzania. Goldivanti Gold staff members in Uganda are pleased to see this video and greeting.
- Gold concentrate in our storage room
This is the gold concentrate we are collecting in the storage room in Uganda.
- Small gold particles on finger
These are small gold particles on the finger, magnified.
- Gold particle captured on sluice
Here is one more gold particle as captured on our sluice.
- Spare parts for the water pump
Here are the spare parts used for the water pump reparation.
- Reparation of Chinese water pump
We need to repair the Chinese manufactured water pump. Low quality water pumps have high maintenance expenses.
- Gold particles on paper
These are small gold particles on paper that is the proof that gold recovery from tailing works.
- Mr. Okedi and Mr. Wabwire collecting the gold concentrate in Uganda
These are our staff members Mr. Okedi and Mr. Wabwire, collecting the gold concentrate into buckets. Every single day they work in Uganda for our company GOLDIVANTI GOLD LIMITED.
- The drilling rig for water wells and gold prospecting
This is the drilling rig for water well drilling and gold prospecting. There are ways how to implement this type of a drilling rig to detect the gold particles and eventual nuggets in the 1-2 cubic meters of soil that are excavated.
- Our gold mining equipment
This category of the GOLDIVANTI LP website is showing what gold mining equipment we are using in the program Start Your Own Gold Mine and on our mining sites both in Tanzania and in Uganda. We are direct investment company that opens up new small scale mining sites, and in partnerships with local license holders we handle and process the gold bearing ores for profit.
- Backhoe loader in Croatia for 7000 euro
This backhoe loader in Croatia for about 7000 euro. The weight of the machine and condition does not allow us to make decisions for purchase. Once machine has been finished, we may review the offer. It is very usable in mining in Uganda and Tanzania.
- Golden spirit
This is spirit, alcoholic beverage with golden pieces.
- The pump in the dredge boat
This is slurry or gravel pump in the dredge boat and it can pump 100 tonnes per hour.
- Dredge boat and Stipe showing us the engine and pump
This is Stipe, he is showing us the engine and the pump on his dredge boat.
- Dredging boat
This boat is a dredge for gravel and sand that is dug out of the river in Croatia. It could be well used for digging and excavation of gold bearing sand and gravel in other countries.
- Jean Louis in front of the dragline excavator and crane
This is me in front of the dragline excavator and the crane. This dragline excavator or crane is worth some US $50,000, and the transport and import of the crane may considerably raise the full price of the purchase.
- Mr. Okedi collecting concentrates from looped carpets
Looped carpets or miners' moss or 3M Nomad type of a carpets are used to efficiently recover gold larger than 50 mesh, gold nuggets, flakes and larger gold. On the end of the day and multiple times of day, concentrates are collected from such carpets.
- Magnified flat gold nugget in the gold pan
This is magnified and flat gold nugget in the pan. It is probably flat due to the previous ball mill processing, it was smashed and became flat.
- Mercury gold and mercury ball in the gold pan
This is how it looks like when many gold particles are connected or amalgamated together with mercury. Miners used mercury in recovery of gold, and lost it in heaps of tailings. We are recovering both the mercury and the gold from such tailings, without using new mercury or introducing new mercury in the process.
- Mercury recovered from concentrates
Instead of nice yellow gold, our gold looks as silver like, as it is mixed with mercury. Heaps of tailings are polluted with mercury and our recovery is such that we cannot see it yellow any more unless it is either microscopic, as such could not be connected to mercury or too large as nugget, as such also did not connect to mercury.
- Gold is recovered in form of mercury
Heaps of tailings are polluted by mercury from previous mining operation. We are recovering mercury as well with the gold, and later dispose safely with the pollutant. Mercury is not used in our operation. We recover mercury from nature.
- Concentrate is being processed
Mr. Louis is processing the remaining concentrates and process is fast. It is possible to process multiple buckets of concentrates after work, and to get to the fine gold within 15 minutes.
- Buckets of concentrate are today processed for gold
The buckets of concentrate are today processed for gold. In general, our bulk of concentrate is not large. These many buckets contain various particle sizes and types of gold, and help in sorting out what we were doing. We can then determine which heap of tailing was better productive.
- Heaps of tailings being milled again and processed
These heaps of tailings are being milled again with the rudimentary locally made hammer crusher that runs in wet mode. The material is then processed on small looped carpet sluices. The hammer crusher is spending about 25,000 Ugs. per day on hammers alone, which is about US $6.95.
- Miners working on the sluice
Miners are handling the first tailings heaps on this mining site.
- Mining and mineral processing site
This is our mining and mineral processing site where we have agreement to process all the tailings heaps.
- Concentrate on the vortex matting
This is vortex matting, enlarged. Concentrate is under the surface of these particles, including several small gold nuggets.
- Water pump is debugged
The water pump could not pull the water on 2-3 meters. We found out that pressure was disturbed too weak connection of the suction hose. Within few minutes it was repaired and water pump engaged.
- Quick and improvized sluice ready for work
This is quick and improvized sluice ready for work and handling of the tailings heaps.
- Old welding clamps used for carpentry
This type of welding clamps may be used for carpentry and are generally useful to clamp the prospecting equipment, such as sluices together.
- Preparation of the HDPE pipes
The HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) pipe is prepared on the mining site for the sluice run.
- Repairing the wooden goat
Those wooden goats were made of low quality timber. Not made to last, but to be light and to endure the improvization stage. We had to repair this one.
- Mineral sample on the mining site
This is gold bearing rock that is crushed, milled and processed on this mining site.
- The mercury coated or amalgamated gold in the gold pan
This is the enlargement of the mercury coated or amalgamated gold in the gold pan.
- Sluice handling
People are handling the sluice for fine gold recovery. We are using 4 important pieces of technology necessary to capture small gold. The test stage allows a lot of mistakes to happen, so that next sluice may be built with all the small improvements necessary for better gold recovery.
- Laminar water flow
Laminar water flow on the sluice is important factor in gold recovery. Turbulences and bubbles or air spaces under the water flow shall by all means be avoided.
- So many hoses, pipe, which one is ours?
There are so many hoses and pipes on the ground, many of them are neglected. Miners do their best. Due to expenses, light blue hoses are used to bring water. But they are also breaking all the time and are more liability than an asset. We are using the HDPE pipe of two inch as it is durable and gives least resistant to water in comparison to those other soft hoses.
- The sluice ready for the tailings heap test
The sluice is setup on the mining site on 1st January 2018 and is ready for the tailings test. Larger gold particles were found and much of the smaller particles of black, brown and dark red gold. Maybe you wonder what is black, brown and dark red gold? Those gold particles are coated with other minerals and do not appear as yellow and shiny as larger gold particles.
- Laurence giving presents to children
Laurence visited children in Mwanza and is giving presents to them, the toys that our partner Erwing have sent from Germany. Clothes, shoes and toys were sent for orphans and we are distributing it before the new year 2018.
- Purger waits for the burger
This is Mr. Robert Stažnik, our Executive Associate in 2012. for business development in Tanzania. Purger means "Burger", it is German word for citizen, and he is purger of Zagreb, Croatia, of the inner town of Zagreb, the old part. It also means he is of exceptional character, trustful, loyal, honest, and ethical. I have not met a better man. He has handled all the tasks he had in Tanzania back in 2012, and we just hope to get him back into the business. Eat that Hamburger, purger!…
- Robert Stažnik in Mwanza in November 2012
This is our Executive Associate in 2012, Mr. Robert Stažnik in Mwanza, Tanzania, with friends. Holding hands is quite common, it is habit in Africa, and when man is leading a man, or wants to show him anything, they hold hands. It does not mean they are kaka-moto or warm brothers, they are just guiding each other on the street.
- Miners asking for cigarettes
These miners were happy to see some foreigner passing by in their mining area. They asked for cigarettes or alcohol, which we did not have.
- The "Aha" moment or Eureka moment in Tanzania, September 14th 2012
This was the major Eureka moment or Aha! Moment for me in Tanzania, back on September 14th 2012. I could realize that each of the bags carried on the bicycles as seen on pictures contains one gram of gold which summarizes up to 20 grams of gold per tonne. The material was soft soil, that is easy to excavate with shovels or even hands. Many people, including women, grandfathers and grandmothers, and children were filling their rice bags with soil, and bringing them to the mineral processing place.
- Mineral processing plant in Tanzania on 14th September 2012
This view is one of the "Aha" moments that happened in my life. That is where we realized how gold may be mined, obtained, processed, recovered for profits. Even though we already had some of contracts for mining ventures in sight, this was the first practical cognition. I have realized that people are leaching gold with cyanide, and purchasing heaps of gold bearing tailings. At that time I was myself in conflict with the chemicals, such as mercury or cyanide. After long research I have decided to…
- Mpesa, the polisher in Mwanza, Tanzania
This is Mpesa, polisher in Mwanza, Tanzania. We used his services back then to polish our first diamonds.
- Our office in September 2013 in Mwanza, Tanzania
This was our first office in Mwanza, Tanzania in September 2013. That is where we bought first gold from miners and polished first diamonds.
- The poor house of the orphanage in Mwanza, Tanzania
The house is poor, and dirty. About 12 children with the caretaker Vedastina, sleep all together there. First they were not using any mattresses, until we brought it to them. Then some of mattresses were sold in the meantime. Things happen.
- Goldivanti LP purchasing manager in Uganda in front of the storage room
This is our Ugandan purchasing manager, she purchases all connectors, HDPE pipes, hoses, water pumps, pump connectors, and just whatever else is necessary. She managed to send a person to Tanzania and export and import the most necessary equipment.
- Mr. Louis resting after gold recovery
The gold recovery method took several minutes to complete and to run the concentrates to recover some fine gold particles. Mr. Louis is resting in standing position, after longer sitting session.
- Fine gold recovered after test of the tailing
The fine gold have been recovered after the test of the tailing heaps and beach sand. The beach sand is containing fine gold and mercury together from previous mining operations. People are bringing sand and soil all the time to wash it on the river. Beach contains a lot of fine gold and few nuggets. The tailing heaps contain fine gold and small nuggets as well. This fine gold as shown on the picture have been recovered without any mercury, by using simplest tools for gold prospecting.
- The fine gold recovery system
This is our fine gold recovery system. A set of buckets and basins, classifiers, sluices, gold pans. Very simple. We can recover finest gold particles without using mercury. Process is fast and simple and we use the principle and the rule that key to recovery of gold is concentration. So we do that. We concentrate it. First we are concentrating the gold on the fine gold sluice. Then we obtain the concentrates we concentrate the concentrates on a smaller sluice and get very much of the gold in very…
- The raised operation on the heap
The operation of tailing processing is raised so that hammer crusher is placed on the top of the heap and sluices down. The second sluice have too much of the slope and also very turbulent water flow that simply looses a lot of gold. 1-2 grams of gold lost per day makes a lot of money on the end of the month.
- The tailing heap after re-processing
These tailing heaps are ending on the location just nearby the river thus polluting the area with the mercury particles. River is fully polluted, cows are drinking the same water and mercury is slowly transported to human bodies.
- The "Wett Mill" or locally made hammer crusher and processing of tailing
This is "wet mill" or locally made hammer crusher that breaks each in a while. The maintenance expenses may be alone 3,500,000 Ugs. (Ugandan shillings) per month. The hammers are constantly replaced and the machine once running cannot be easily turned off. It mills rocks just for a certain percentage, large amount of pebbles and rocks come out as not well done.
- Review of the open pit in June, 2017
We are reviewing the open pit in June, 2017…
- Mining site and mineral processing place ID: 281
This is mineral processing place in Uganda where we started with research and production in 2017.
- Water source on the land licensed for exploration purposes
The water source as seen here may be used for prospecting and exploration purposes on the land with the exploration license in Uganda.
- Miners on the river prospecting for gold
Miners are prospecting the soil that is arriving from benches for gold particles.
- Miners on the river
Miners are prospecting on the river.
- Local miners
Miners are moving to the river.
- Mr. Louis and local miners
Local miners are going with Mr. Louis to the river for prospecting.
- Prospecting in Uganda
We are moving to the river for prospecting.
- Water source
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- Other water source
This is other river and water source on the land licensed for exploration.
- Classifying and gold panning in Uganda
Mr. Louis is classifying the material and panning for gold.
- Gold panning on the stream
Mr. Louis is panning for gold on the stream…
- Mr. Louis gold panning soil samples in Uganda
Mr. Louis is gold panning for some gold particles to verify the existence of gold on the mining site.
- Child on mining site
Child may be seen on the mining site…