Table of Contents

1. About SYOGM Management
2. Latest pages from Start Your Own Gold Mine
3. Latest pages from GOLDIVANTI LP

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	Production finished	Start Your Own Gold Mine LLC and GOLDIVANTI LP	New production location
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

Latest pages from Start Your Own Gold Mine

• 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.
• Proper sampling mixing and reducation on canvas
  We are training our staff members to understand and execute proper sampling procedures. On these pictures and video you may observe how we have taken every third scoop from each bucket with gold concentrates, thereafter we have been using standard mixing methods and reduction of sample by quartering until we remained with just a kilogram or less. The final sample can be taken to the laboratory for assaying.
• 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.
• Geita Gold Trade Center - Soko Kuu La Dhahabu Geita - Tanzania
  2019-03-17 - Geita Gold Trade Center - Soko Kuu La Dhahabu Geita - Tanzania, have been officially opened and inaugurated by Ministry of Minerals of Tanzania on March 17th 2019 to provide gold miners with professional offices to sell their gold and to provide dealers and gold buyers with safe place to purchase the gold. Multiple banks are in the same building of the Geita Gold Trade Cener to provide easy funds for gold sales. Security services and government offices for payments of royalties on sales of minerals are right in the Geita Gold Trade Center. This is one among several gold trade centers that are to be opened all over Tanzania.
• 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.
• SYOGM Team Building Project
  The Start Your Own Gold Mine Team Building Project is call for training and action of those people connected to our company and business, those former and present staff members, potential staff members, people who have applied for the employment, or potential managers who have applied to the executive positions and people who have accomplished the Preliminary Communication Preparation Project. People trained in parts of the Start Your Own Gold Mine business program are then invited and called to consult, mentor, provide services, organize and manage parts of the training program for the benefit of our clients.
• 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.
• Rudimentary ball mill startup
  This is classic Tanzanian rudimentary ball mill. It contains balls, it is run on diesel engine, it runs in dry mode. We will certainly convert it to wet and water mode, to demonstrate faster grinding. Its length is 81 cm, and outer diameter 94 cm. Wall thickness is 4 mm. Estimated fuel expense per hour is 1 liter. It has concrete foundation, yet sometimes just timber. Volume of a cylinder with radius of 0.47 m and height of 0.81 m is 0.56 ㎥. The capacity is 200 kilograms per hour or little bit more…
• 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!
• 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.
• 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.
• Water pump and water source enabled on mining site in North Mara
  The submersible water pump have been put in action and its flow verified. This is good flow to handle and process several tonnes of tailings per hour. It may handle easily good fresh ores. We will still consider lessening the expenses by using solar power, or battery run bilge pumps.
• 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.
• Prospecting Check Reports in Kenya
  For each gold prospecting action we are keeping Prospecting Check Reports, as this way we know where the sample was obtained, how much of it was verified, how sample was obtained, from which shaft, from which location, which geographical position was it and what gold particles have been found.
• 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.
• Mr. Peter Mwita prospecting for gold on tailing heaps in Kenya
  This is our director Mr. Peter Mwita, prospecting for gold in Kenya on tailing heaps, that later developed into mineral processing of 50,000 tonnes.
• Fine gold recovery system preparation
  Fine gold recovery system may be improvized with simplest tools.
• Bilge pump and protection in the water
  This is how bilge pump have been mounted so that it is protected from other soil particles.
• Simple super concentration setup
  This simple super concentration setup is using recirculated water and bilge pump to recover fine gold particles.
• Gold panning training
  The gold panning training is part of program for each of our staff members in Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
• 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.
• Black sand sorted in buckets by their size
  Mesh is the number of openings per linear inch of a screen or measures size of particles, and that is how we are sorting the black sand.
• Separation of particles by their sizes
  Particles are sorted and separated in various buckets by their sizes.
• The bucket with 50-100 mesh particles
  This bucket contains particles from 50 to 100 mesh in size.
• 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.
• Magnetite particles collected in the bucket
  This is bucket with magnetite particles of particular size as collected in the bucket.
• 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.
• Set of sieves on the bucket
  This is stack of sieves on the bucket for basic particle separation and black sand preparation.
• Sieves and buckets for gold prospecting
  Sieves of various mesh sizes and buckets are used in gold prospecting and final gold recovery.
• Set of sieves for basic gold prospecting
  Sets of sieves are so much valuable tool for basic gold prospecting. Quick particle size analysis can be made with this set of sieves, and more over, they are used in quick 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.
• Collection of black sand from natural drainage
  The black sand is collected on numerous, various places, directly from rain drainage.
• 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.
• Collection of black sand in Geita, Tanzania
  Magnetite, hematite and other heavy minerals are well known as black sand, they are disturbance to many gold prospectors and hinders final gold panning. Some companies are using magnetic separators to remove such black sand. Quite opposite on our side. The technology we are using requires black sand, so we are often collecting it.
• Natural drainage is chosen to collect black sand
  Mr. M'hengele Nkwabi is collecting black sand from natural rain drainage in Geita, Tanzania.
• Mr. M'hengele Nkwabi getting ready to collect magnetite minerals
  Mr. M'hengele Nkwabi is getting ready in Geita, Tanzania, to collect the magnetite minerals. It is also known as black sand. We use magnets to collect black sand from natural drainages or mining places.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Visit to mining site
  This mining site was discovered to have even one gram of gold in a simple shovel of the soil. People are building rooms at the place where they should not be built as exactly on that place the good gold grade have been found.
• Mazuri Lodge, near Geita, Tanzania
  This is how the lodge and street looks like in mining locations near Geita, Tanzania.
• Mr. M'hengele Nkwabi, our staff member
  Mr. M'hengele Nkwabi is our staff member that makes good reports from fields.
• 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.
• Mining shaft on mining site in Kenya
  Date: February 27th 2019 This mining shaft contains good and rich ores and is located on our signed up locations for processing of 50,000 tonnes.
• Mr. Dejan Vidojković in Kenya on February 27th 2019
  Date: February 27th 2019 Mr. Dejan Vidojkovich, Organization Executive Secretary in senior position have arrived to mining site in Kenya signed up for future mineral processing.
• Cyanidation pools with tailing heaps
  Date: February 27th 2019 Cyanidation pools and tailing heaps all around, total of about 50,000 tonnes available. Since then have been devising ways on how to bring and use constant water to process tailings efficiently.
• New mining site in Kenya with huge tailing heaps
  Date: February 27th 2019 New mining site with huge tailing heaps is identified in Kenya and agreement signed up.
• Travel from Busia, Uganda, to Isibania, Kenya
  This is the route on how to travel from Busia, Uganda to Isibania, Kenya in Migori county, South Kenya. Our Organization Executive Secretary Mr. Dejan Vidojković arrived to Entebbe, Uganda end of January 2019. He stayed in Uganda for February 2019, and was in Kenya for March and April 2019. Then he arrived to Tanzania to help in establishment of a new mining site end of April 2019.
• Safety know for harnesses and descending into mining shafts
  This is safety knot that has to be used in each descending into the mining shafts, or otherwise, if rope is too short, there will be free fall to the bottom.
• 17 shovels in one minute x 4 kg = shoveling of 4 tonnes per hour
  This video shows good tempo of 17 shovels per minute, each shovel being minimum 4 kilograms, probably 6 kilograms. This rhythm of shoveling provides 4 tonnes to 6 tonnes per hour. Two persons shoveling together can easily load 4 tonnes of soil into the sluice. Even if not, then 2 people could easily load 2 tonnes of soil per hour. To load 10 tonnes of soil per hour one would then employ 4 to 10 people. This makes it possible to handle 10 tonnes per hour and 100 tonnes per day.
• Mr. Okedi prospecting for gold on the open pit near Amonikakinei, Tiira, Busia, Uganda
  Here is Mr. Okedi, he is prospecting for the gold at the open pit near Amonikakinei, Tiira, Busia, Uganda.
• Gold particles compared to known coin size
  The gold particles are compared to the known coin size or one piece of the meter tape, so that we may get the visual sense to what gold have been found. One particle of very fine gold does not justify the operation to process such soil.
• Gold prospecting on open pit near Amonikakinei, Tiira, Busia, Uganda
  People in background are trying to reach the rich gold pockets at bottom of this open pit. Our people and team at front is verifying the overburden soil for existence and presence of gold. Sadly, few particles of fine gold do not justify the gravitational operation.
• Gold prospecting on the open pit, Amonikakinei, Tiira, Busia, Uganda
  The gold prospecting on the open pit was taking place begin of February 2019 by our company GOLDIVANTI GOLD LIMITED in Uganda. The overburden soil was verified for gold presence, several times and several days. The presence of gold is sure. But the profitability is not tdetermined. People in background are searching for rich gold pockets and such are found few times per each few months or one time per year. However, the overbuden soil cannot be processed for profits. We have made the verification…
• Dejan visiting SAMA, the Syanyonja artisanal miners organization
  Mr. Dejan Vidojković have visited at begin of February 2019, the SAMA, Syanyonja artisanal mining organization.
• Prospecting Check Report Example from Busia, Uganda
  This is Prospecting Check Report near the area of Busia, Uganda. Every gold panning check is reported on the paper. That is how we collect the knowledge into the database.
• Gold particles in the gold pan, from river Okame, Busia, Uganda
  These are gold particles found on the beach of river Okame, near Busia, Uganda, as compared to the known coin size.
• Children swimming on the river Okame, near Busia, Uganda
  Children are swimming in the river Okame, Busia, Uganda. This river is polluted by mercury from various spills of soil contaminated with it by mining operations. Uganda, as of 2019, still does not have any system or legal enforcements to contain the mercury.
• One gold particle found in river Okame, Busia, Uganda
  The one fine gold particle was found in river Okame, Busia, Uganda. The top soil does not contain much gold.
• The gold panning with the Garrett Super Sluice on river Okame, Busia, Uganda
  Mr. Wabwire, our sluice operator is gold panning with the Garrett Super Sluice on river Okame, Busia, Uganda…
• Wabwire gold panning on river Okame, Busia, Uganda
  This is Wabwire, our staff member and sluice operator, here on the picture he is gold panning on the river Okame, Busia, Uganda.
• One pan prospecting volume
  The one pan prospecting volume is shown on this picture. This is Garrett Backpacker Pan filled with soil. When this exact gold pan is filled little bit below its hole on the side, the volume is just about 1.2 liters. By knowing the specific density of the soil, and by knowing the volume and actual gold prospecting results, we may know if the recoverable gold is profitable in the soil. That is field laboratory.
• Gold prospecting on river Okame, Busia, Uganda
  The river Okame does not have the exposed bedrock, yet it carries gold particles from overburden soil, and from tailings that are constantly spilled into the river. It also accrues the mercury waste from mining activities. Basic gold prospecting practice can be done on the river.
• Gold nuggets on the hand
  These are small gold nuggets directly from mother lode in Busia, Uganda.
• The engine for rudimentary ball mill in Uganda, East Africa
  This is the engine used for rudimentary ball mill in Uganda, East Africa.
• Rudimentary ball mill or "crusher" in Uganda
  This is rudimentary ball mill or "crusher" in Uganda, it is used for primary crushing and final milling. Capacity is only 100 kg per hour.
• Rudimentary ball mill in Busia, Uganda
  This is rudimentary ball mill in Busia, Uganda. People tend to use very big balls inside for the reason that they do not use primary crushing properly. Thus big ball helps that rocks get crushed. No liners are used and such rudimentary ball mills are broken each in a while, they don't last in operation longer than just few months when they need to get repaired. Dusty environment and improper maintenance contribute to low efficiency. The capacity is maximum 100 kg per hour.
• Near the mining site #281 in Busia, Uganda
  This open pit is very near the mining site #281 in our database, in area of Busia, Uganda. This open pit yields with rich gold pockets every few months.
• Mr. Dejan Vidojković at mining site #281 in Uganda
  On the right side one may see our Organization Executive Secretary I/C, as of 2018/2019, Mr. Dejan Vidojković.
• Rolex, the favorite food for many in Uganda, rolled chapati with eggs, that is Rolex
  Rolex is favorite food for many in Uganda. Rolled chapati with eggs makes a Rolex!…
• Gold Panning is Easy, by Roy Lagal and Metal Detecting by Garrett
  The Gold Panning is Easy, by Roy Lagal and Metal Detecting videos by Garrett company are essential for every gold prospector anywhere in the world.
• Seven pairs of walkie-talkies to Start Your Own Gold Mine
  The seven pairs of walkie-talkies for adventurers attending the Start Your Own Gold Mine program have been brought to East Africa in January 2019. We always use walkie-talkies on mining sites. Mobile phones and networks are so much unavailable at remote locations. Walkie-talkies are indispensable.
• The bodaboda ride in Entebbe, Uganda
  This is ride on bodaboda, the motorcycle in Entebbe, Uganda.
• The view on the bed in Barconi hotel, Entebbe, Uganda
  This is how the room and the bed looks like in Barconi Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda.
• Barconi Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda
  This is Barconi hotel in Entebbe, Uganda.
• Quick bodaboda transfer of stuff in Entebbe, Uganda
  Bodaboda people are motorcycle riders, and bodaboda is motorcycle. They transport everything, from luggage to beds and coffins with dead bodies. Bodaboda transport is always available everywhere in East Africa.
• Dejan departing to Vienna for flight to Uganda, East Africa
  This is from January 25th 2019, Mr. Dejan is departing to Vienna, Austria, to catch the next flight to Uganda, East Africa. Various prospecting and lapidary equipment in weight of 23 kilograms is stuffed into the luggage.
• Dejan in Graz city, Austria, preparing to travel to Vienna
  Dejan is preparing to move to Vienna, from Graz, Austria. As the next booked flight for East Africa departed from Vienna, Austria.
• Gold particles found
  These white dots are actually yellow gold particles found in the soil from river Drava, Croatia. They appear white on the picture as camera could not setup its lightning correctly. The result of gold panning is to find the gold, and Mr. Dejan did find it.
• Gold panning in the middle of room
  This is the evidence that gold panning may be practiced in the middle of the room. You need to have appropriately sized water containers and basins, gold pans, and it will work. This is Dejan, our Organization Executive Secretary I/C as of end of 2018, while learning gold panning methods.
• Mr. Dejan learning gold panning
  To learn gold panning may be simple for some people, and it may be as complicated as hell for some other people. Some people need 20 minutes, some people require 20 days. Mr. Dejan is learning fast on this picture and he has got all the basics within short time. The perfection comes with practice on the ground in East Africa and with the actual gold recovery.
• Mr. Dejan Vidojković, on his first prospecting expedition
  This is Mr. Dejan Vidojković on his first gold prospecting expedition in Croatia, Europe. He is seen at the location with soil sampling auger. The first attempt and Dejan did find the gold particles. This is no coincidence.
• Mr. Dejan Vidojković, former Organization Executive Secretary I/C for Start Your Own Gold Mine in East Africa
  Mr. Dejan Vidojković was a former Organization Executive Secretary in charge for Start Your Own Gold Mine in East Africa, from begin 2019 until begin of June 2019. His first gold prospecting expedition was in Croatia, end of 2018. With his first gold panning experiences he found the first gold particles. Few weeks thereafter Mr. Dejan was recovering gold from mercury contaminated gold concentrates in Busia, Uganda. On February 26th 2019, he moved to Kenya to establish additional several locations of work for our business and for adventurers from other countries. Apparently for his personal matters he returned to Europe. He has abused our business in East Africa and is NOT AUTHORIZED by our company for any business. Please report any communication of Mr. Dejan Vidojković as he was mis-representing himself as being authorized by the company for abusive actions.
• Now exiting to Indian ocean by night
  The Indian ocean is right there, but we had to ask for permission to exit out into the beach in Mombasa, Kenya.
• Mr. Louis in the swimming pool in Talentos beach, Mombasa, Tanzania
  We have just arrived to Kenya and organized the accommodation in Talentos Beach, in Mombasa, Kenya. I could not wait and used the opportunity to swim in the pool. I cannot wait coming back to Talentos Beach in Mombasa.
• View of Kilimanjaro near Arusha, Tanzania on our travel to Kenya
  The Kilimanjaro volcano could be seen directly from our car on our travel to Kenya in October 2017.
• Tanzanite gemstones in Arusha, Tanzania
  Back from August 2017 to October 2017, we have established the business of Tanzanite trade and polishing in Mirerani, Tanzania. This was our last day in Arusha, before our travel to Kenya in October 2017. Tanzanite Apollo company is located in Mirerani, Tanzania, the source of Tanzanite gemstone. It provides wholesale of Tanzanite and other gemstones to the world. You may find more about it on https://www.tanzaniteapollo.com…
• Elephant decoration on a wall near Arusha, Tanzania, on our travel to Kenya in October 2017
  The elephant decoration is on the walls of a hotel near Arusha, Tanzania, on our travel to Kenya.
• Rhinoceros decoration near Arusha, Tanzania, on our travel to Kenya
  This is rhinoceros as decorated on the wall of a hotel near Arusha, Tanzania, on our travel to Kenya in October 2017.
• Lion picture near Arusha, Tanzania, on our travel to Kenya, in October 2017
  This is lion picture as decorated on the wall of a hotel near Arusha, on our travel to Kenya in October 2017.
• African Buffalo decoration in Tanzania, just before moving to Kenya
  We found these on the walls of a hotel near Arusha, just before moving to Kenya in October 2017.
• Leopard decoration in Tanzania, just before moving to Kenya
  This is leopard in Tanzania, near Arusha, just shortly before moving to Kenya in October 2017.
• Start Your Own Gold Mine Limited company in Kenya, since 2018
  Start Your Own Gold Mine Limited company is active in Kenya since 2018. Due to previous research and connections to valuable partners, and the avialable gold mining opportunities in Kenya, the decision to open up new business in Kenya was met in 2018. The roots of this decision go back to the year 2012, for gold trade purposes. Today, the business program Start Your Own Gold Mine and mercury free gold recovery courses are legally provided in Kenya for local and foreign investors.
• Driving in Geita, Tanzania
  October 30th 2012, somewhere in Geita region, Tanzania We don't know where this really was, but video shows the conditions on streets in some of smaller towns.
• Geita town and region in Tanzania
  These pages will show our experiences, travels and information about the Geita town and around the mining sites near Geita in Tanzania.
• Falcon in Hotel Tilapia, Mwanza, Tanzania
  October 20th 2012, Hotel Tilapia, Mwanza, Tanzania, Location: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/-2.528553/32.895481 We were wondering why we cannot see any pigeons in Mwanza, Tanzania. Town is full of falcons. Any smaller bird appearing is eaten by falcons. Be careful with your food in restaurants, if falcons see it, at your first turn they will snatch it.
• Leverage with mortar and pestle to crush larger rocks
  This is one way on how to easier crush larger rocks during sampling process. The leverage may be used to raise the mortar and crush the rocks in the pestle. Even child of 12 years can handle the leverage and help in such operation. We don't employ children. This is was our neighbor in Mwanza who helped to make this movie.
• Our first mining camp in 2012
  December 23rd 2012, Mgusu hills, Geita, Tanzania This is our first mining camp in Tanzania. And there is the generator that is used to charge the multiple phones of our staff members. The first gold mining operation was financed by investment of our company GOLDIVANTI LP.
• Mercury in miner's pan
  December 23rd 2012, Mgusu hills, Geita, Tanzania Miner is demonstrating mercury in the pan. Mercury is dangerous and poisonous substance that shall be avoided by all means. Countries worldwide have agreed to eradicate mercury by the Minamat Convention. We do not endorse mercury in gold recovery. We use only mercury free gold recovery methods.
• Mihaio's torch, Mgusu hills, Tanzania
  December 25th 2012 Mgusu Hills Tanzania Our friend Mihaio is demonstrating us how he had to improvize and make the torch. He used the alluminum paper from cigarette boxes as wires to connect the battires, and some rubber stripes to keep it all together. The torch works and he was daily using it in deep mining shafts.
• Mining camp in Mgusu hills, Geita, Tanzania
  December 26th 2012 Mgusu Hills Tanzania The video quality is bad, but not much is left from that time, due to loss of data. The video shows the shade and people talking in front of our accommodation at the mining camp in Mgusu Hills, Geita, Tanzania.
• View on construction of miners' house
  January 10th 2013 Mgusu Hills Tanzania The expense of this house was just about US $100. This was the first location as run by investment of GOLDIVANTI LP company.
• View on construction of the miners' house
  January 10th 2013 Mgusu Hills Tanzania This is the miners' house and view on the construction of it.
• Mining Camp, Tips and Tricks
  On these pages we are demonstrating various solutions for mining camp, tips and tricks of living in a camp, dangers, safety and security, various metnality in East African countries where the Start Your Own Gold Mine program is conducted. In Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.
• Water tanks loaded into the truck
  January 1st 2013, Mwanza, Tanzania Water tanks are loaded into the truck. This truck was rented and the drivers said that everything is fine, so we can move on. Later during the night, we found out that springs were not quite alright, and that the truck had to be replaced for the equipment to arrive to the elevated location at the hill.
• Our departing point from Geita
  This is our departing point from Geita to mining sites. This is the place where we purchase our remaining stuff, such as medicine in pharmacies, some food, supplies, there is hardware shop and post office around.
• From Mwanza, via Kigongo to Busisi by fair
  January 9th 2013, Kigongo and Busisi, Tanzania This is the view just before the arrival of the ferry from Mwanza, over Kigongo to Busisi, towards Geita, Tanzania. The video cannot describe the beauty of Tanzanian nature.
• Small equipment for mining site
  Date: January 8st 2013, Mwanza, Tanzania Small equipment have been prepared and transported to the mining site.
• Matresses and stuff for the mining site
  Date: January 8st 2013, Mwanza, Tanzania These mattresses and the stuff have been moved to the mining site for our miners.
• Waking up the pharmacist in Geita, Tanzania
  Date: January 26th 2013 in Geita, Tanzania When you need malaria medicine, always make sure to wake up the pharmacist...
• Picture of fine gold in the gold pan
  This is fine gold in the pan.
• Fine gold is seen in the gold pan
  This is fine gold as seen in the experiment.
• The fine gold after recovery experiment
  This is fine gold after the recovery experiment.
• Fine gold in the gold pan after experiment
  The fine gold is seen in the gold pan after the experiment.
• Fine gold recovered after panning
  This is fine gold as recovered after panning one small quantity of crushed and milled ores. The quantity is equal to the volume of the Garrett Backpacker pan, which is about 1.2 litres or 0.0012 cubic meters or 1200 cubic centimetres.
• Gold recovered in the gold pan
  The gold shown on this picture have been recovered from crushed and milled ore sample. It is very rich material and very profitable. This many particles of gold have been recovered from one small Garrett Backpacker pan full of material.
• Gold recovered in the gold pan
  On this picture one can see the gold as separated on the upper part of the gold pan and with the black sand on the bottom. This is proof that mercury free gold recovery methods can easily be applied everywhere in East Africa.
• The field assay going on
  This is the controlled experiment on the crushed and milled ore. A controlled quantity of soil is used and particles recovered are counted and measured after the recovery. The results can give clear picture if the material is rich, profitable or not profitable.
• Bus station in Busia, Uganda
  This is the bus station in Busia town, Uganda.
• Quartering of the sample on canvas, with warning
  The quartering have been conducted, but this is small sample containing concentrates, and even if it wasn't, the dirt on the canvas was not quartered equally, and thus the quarters do not represent perfect proportional minerals from the whole. Much care must be taken in doing this work, as well as to clean thoroughly the parts of the canvas where the discarded metal has been in order to prevent salting.
• Quarter of the sample, is it removed or not removed?
  NEGATIVE EDUCATION WARNING: These pictures are shown how NOT TO do the quartering procedure. What do you observe on this picture? The quarter of the sample have been removed. Is it removed? What can you see and observe?…
• Collection of quarter of the sample into gold pan
  NEGATIVE EDUCATION WARNING: These pictures are shown how NOT TO do the quartering procedure. People collect one quarter of the sample into the gold pan. Please don't do this.
• Negative education on errors in sampling
  NEGATIVE EDUCATION WARNING: These pictures are shown how NOT TO do the quartering procedure. People are using canvas incorrectly, removing sample into gold pan, not cleaning the canvas, and walking barefoot over mercury contaminated sample.
• Negative education on errors in quartering
  NEGATIVE EDUCATION WARNING: These pictures are shown how NOT TO do the quartering procedure. People are trying to remove way to big sample part into the gold pan. Instead, additional canvas underneath shall be used first to remove the quarter and then to dispose of it.
• Negative education examples of quartering
  NEGATIVE EDUCATION WARNING: These pictures are shown how NOT TO do the quartering procedure. The barefoot walking over material, dirty canvas, not cleaning and removing all particles of the sample.
• Quartering the sample
  NEGATIVE EDUCATION WARNING: These pictures are shown how NOT TO do the quartering procedure.
• Quartering the sample
  NEGATIVE EDUCATION WARNING: This picture are shown how NOT TO do the quartering procedure. Barefoot walking over the canvas, using small scoop to try to flatten the sample, not using any piece of cloth to clean the canvas and collect or particles together, those are the incoherent facts to be observed on this picture.
• People are using canvas to divide the sample in two parts
  NEGATIVE EDUCATION WARNING: These pictures are shown how NOT TO do the quartering procedure. The incoherent facts that may be seen on this picture are dirt everywhere on the canvas, thus either removing the gold particles from the sample or contaminating parts of sample with it. Using hands too close on the sample material and barefoot walking over the canvas, thus either removing or contaminating the sample.
• The method to divide smaller sample in two parts
  This pictures shows the starting position to divide the smaller sample into two parts.
• The sample as divided in two parts
  This sample have been divided in two approximately equal parts.
• Division of the sample in two parts
  On this picture one can see how sample have been divided on two parts.
• Coning the sample
  After mixing the sample, it has to be coned and then flattened before quartering process.
• Mixing the sample in plastic canvas
  While this picture cannot describe proper way of using canvas on how to mix the sample, it demonstrates the basic principle of rolling the sample in canvas.
• Sampling Errors in Practice
  NEGATIVE EDUCATION WARNING: These pages describe how not to do the sampling, coning and quartering, as these errors are common. Much care must be taken in doing this work, as well as to clean thoroughly the parts of the platform or canvas where the discarded metal has been in order to prevent salting. People walking barefoot on the mercury contaminated soil and other negative facts may be observed on this series of pictures.
• Removing the quarters into gold pan
  Removing the quarter of the sample into the gold pan is easy task. We rather recommend using other piece of canvas underneath, so that sample is easier removed from it, and then later placed into buckets or bags. Much care must be taken in doing this work, as well as to clean thoroughly the parts of the canvas where the discarded metal has been in order to prevent salting.
• Flattening of the sample on canvas
  The cone made out of the sample material shall be flattened on canvas so that easier quartering may take place in the second step.
• Sample in the middle of tabletop oilcloth, or this time tent plastic canvas
  Here one can see the sample in the middle of the tent plastic canvas. The canvas shall be about 2 meters by 2 meters, this one is little larger. For larger canvas, more care must be taken to have proper mixing and removal of parts of sample during the quartering process. This picture is negatively educationl. Do not repeat what you see on this picture.
• Quartering - dividing the sample into four equal parts
  Quartering is standard process to divide the sample into four equal parts. It is sample reduction process. Even though it may seem simple on pictures, it is not as simple if we are quartering sample which shall be assayed for gold grade. Small details of the techniques of quartering are very important, as otherwise gold contamination occurs and sample assays higher than it should be. Tips and tricks are explained on these pages about sampling and quartering methods.
• Mixing the smple on table oilcloth, nylon or plastic canvas
  This series of pictures will demonstrate how to mix the sample on the table oilcloth, nylon or plastic canvas. The procedure is standard, hundred yeasr old yet not as known and practiced by small scale miners in Africa.
• How to prepare the square table oilcloth for sample mixing
  These pictures will show how to prepare the square table oilcloth or other type of plastic canvas for purposes of mixing the sample. The process is simple, find out what is the quantity of the sample, try to estimate the square size, find the table oilcloth, measure its width and if width is good enough for the sample size, cut it to the length of the width, and you have got the square. While this process may be sample in its words to some people, to some other people it is complicated. Pictures are there to give the mass to the reader so that process can be easier understood.
• Sampling, Coning, Quartering, Reducing of Samples, the sampling series of pictures and videos to Start Your Own Gold Mine
  We present here the standard sampling, coning, quartering, reducing of samples and the whole sampling series of pictures and videos to Start Your Own Gold Mine for our staff members, gold prospectors and clients. Videos and pictures on sampling methods and procedures are not necessary published in certain order. We are advising clients and staff members upon need and demand, on which video and picture to watch, to understand proper and standard sampling methods and preparations of samples.
• Mixing the sample in canvas, video
  Video showing people mixing the sample in canvas.
• Mixing the sample in canvas
  People are rolling the sample on ground in canvas and mixing it so that the homogeneous mixture is produced.
• Mixing the samples in canvas with rolled edges
  People are mixing the sample in canvas with rolled edges.
• Rolling the edges of canvas to easier mix the sample
  When canvas appears too long, the edges could be rolled to easier mix the sample.
• The sample has to be mixed well by using canvas, in opposite directions
  Sample must be mixed well by rolling the canvas from one side to other and then exchanging the directions and rolling it again from side to side.
• Mixing and rolling of the sample on ground
  Staff members are now mixing and rolling the sample on ground.
• The sample placed in the center of the square canvas
  The staff members are placing the samples in the middle of the square of plastic canvas.
• Sample is placed in the center of square plastic canvas
  The staff members are placing the samples in the middle of the square of plastic canvas.
• Placement of sample from buckets into the center of the square canvas
  The staff members are placing the samples in the middle of the square of plastic canvas.
• Placement of sample from sample buckets into the middle of plastic canvas
  The staff members are placing the samples in the middle of the square of plastic canvas.
• Placement of sample in the middle of square plastic canvas
  The staff members are placing the samples in the middle of the square of plastic canvas.
• The square plastic canvas prepared on ground for sample mixing
  This is the square plastic canvas that is prepared on ground for purposes of sample mixing.
• Plastic canvas for sample mixing
  This is plastic canvas for tents. We are using this to mix the sample quickly on ground, without loosing any piece of soil.
• Incorrect: canvas too small for sample
  On this picture we are using the canvas and rolling method to mix the sample. But the sample is clearly too big for this square of nylon to be mixed.
• Sample mixing by use of canvas
  The final sample max be mixed by various methods, standard method is quartering which may be done with shovels, with machines, and with canvas or table oilcloths, or other similar plastic canvas. On these pages we are demonstrating the process of preparation and mixing of the sample to educate our staff members and clients.
• Mr. Okedi, gold panning in Amonikakinei, Uganda
  Mr. Okedi, our sluice operation assistant, is gold panning for gold at beach of river Okame, Amonikakinei.
• Mr. Tibasima, gold panning for gold at river Okame, near Amonikakinei, Uganda
  This is Mr. Tibasima, the sluice operation assistant, gold panning for gold at river Okame, near Amonikakinei, Uganda…
• Fine gold totally recovered in the gold pan, Geita, Tanzania, January 8th 2019
  This is fine gold totally recovered from milled rocks. This video serves as evidences that powder as result of rock crushing and milling, can be panned down to fine gold, with all other particles fully removed. Thus the gold panning can be used as quantitative tool just as described by Paul K. Theobalrd, Jr. in the book "The Gold Pan as a Quantitative Geologic Tool"…
• The proof how gold panning can be done
  This is the proof how gold panning can be done, this is the result of gold panning of finely milled rocks as small as 50 mesh and smaller than 100 mesh, in Geita, Tanzania, on January 8th 2019.
• Fine gold in the pan, Geita, Tanzania
  Gold panning in Geita, Tanzania, on January 8th 2019…
• Gold panning in Geita, Tanzania, 2019-01-08
  Gold panning in Geita, Tanzania on January 8th 2019…
• The fine gold in the gold pan, Geita, Tanzania
  This is the fine gold in the gold pan, Geita, Tanzania.
• Fine gold in the pan, Geita, Tanzania
  Date: 2019-01-08 Geita, Tanzania Our Organization Executive Secretary I/C in Geita, Tanzania have been gold panning, and this is the result of the today's practice.
• The width of grizzly bars to be 125-126 cm
  On this picture one can see that the width of the grizzly bars is 125.5 cm. Generally recommended measure is minimum of 120 cm which is good enough for 5 people to shovel each 30-40 kg per minute, or good enough to unload 4-5 wheelbarrows, each with 40-50 kg per load.
• The width of the classifier is 120 cm to 126 cm
  On this picture one can see the measurement of the width of the grizzly bars, which is 120 cm to 126 cm in total.
• The width of the grizzly bars is about 120 - 126 cm
  The width of the grizzly bars is about 120 - 126 cm, in general we make it minimally 120 cm. The hooper or feeder boxes are made later out of wooden boards, and classifier is mounted for 10 tonnes per hour capacity.
• The length of the grizzly bars is 100 cm
  The length of the grizzly bars is 100 cm as shown better on this picture and other picture in this series. The SYOGM™ Gold Recovery Plant has capacity of 10 tonnes per hour and allows 5 people to shovel each 30-40 kg per minute or to unload 4-5 wheelbarrows full of soil of about 40-50 kg weight.
• The length of grizzly bars is about 100 cm
  We construct various types of grizzly bars and the length of these grizzly bars is about 100 cm. It could be longer or shorter, that depends of various circumstances. These measurements of the classifiers are shown for our suppliers on the ground in East Africa as they are constructing same types of equipment exactly as given on these pictures and in our blueprints. Start Your Own Gold Mine program is provided in East Africa, since end of 2018 and begin of 2019, in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
• It is about 125.5 cm width, general width is 120 cm for our 10 tonnes per hour classifier
  The width is shown here as about 125.5 cm in total. We assume that general width of the SYOGM™ Gold Recovery Plant classifier is 120 cm which is good enough for 5 people to shovel material inside and also good enough for unload of the single wheelbarrow of 40-50 kg.
• The measure of grizzly bars or classifier begins from the outer starting point
  On this picture you may see that the measure begins from the outer point of this classifier.
• The width of SYOGM™ Classifier is 120 cm
  The width of the SYOGM™ Gold Recovery Plant classifier for 10 tonnes per hour capacity is 120 cm. It is constructed this time of the plain stainless steel or inox as found cheaply in Croatia, Europe, and manufactured in the workshop of our favorite and skilled metal technician. The classifier is used to remove unwanted particle sizes, so that such may be analysed and verified if they need to be crushed and milled for gold recovery. Smaller particle sizes are flowing through the sluice, and heavy…
• The 10 tonnes per hour classifier for SYOGM™ Gold Recovery Plant
  This is 10 tonnes per hour classifier for larger particle of 1 cm, so that unwanted particle sizes can be discarded, and that rocks of that size may be crushed and milled provided they contain enough profitable gold. The sluice is made with the purpose to process alluvial soil and tailing heaps. People may throw onto them one full 40-50 kg wheelbarrow of soil or gravel, and classification with the spray bars is almost instant, depending of the water pressure and the actual setup. Four to five wheelbarrows…
• Single sluice grizzly bars in manufacture
  This is the single sluice classifier and grizzly bars during manufacture process. The width is 60 cm. The bars will be adjusted one to each other during the process for even separation.
• The grizzly bars of 3-4 mm for gold recovery system
  These grizzly bars are used to construct the quick classifier. This type of steel is not hardened, it is standard inox or stainless steel in Europe. The single classifying grizzly bars remove the unwanted particles sizes in gold recovery applications. In comparison to perforated metal sheets, such one way classifiers are way faster and increase the speed of work and thus the capacity of ore processing. With 1 sluice and 10 hours of work per day and gold grade of 0.30 we can make 180.00 grams of gold,…
• The width of single sluice grizzly bars is 60 cm
  For the time being of 2018 and begin of 2019, in the program Start Your Own Gold Mine we are using single sluices with the width of 60 cm. On the picture one can see the measurement of small grizzly bars and that the final width is 60 cm. The length of such classifier may be about 60 cm to 100 cm, that is matter of decision and estimates. Classifier like this can have bars as small as 4 mm diameter.
• The workshop and manufacture of the screen, grizzly bars for gravel classification
  This is the workshop in Europe, Croatia, where we are manufacturing some of the gold mining equipment for the purposes of our investments from company GOLDIVANTI LP and business program Start Your Own Gold Mine that started back in 2013. As of end of 2018 and 2019, the business program Start Your Own Gold Mine is conducted in four countries, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania and in other countries by request. On this picture one can see the bars made of inox steel or stainless steel. We did not…
• Feeder for impact mill
  This is feeder for the impact mill, shown from different side.
• Impact mills and classifier in the workshop
  One can see here our favorite, for decades experienced metal technician who is leading the workshop in construction of our mining equipment. The program Start Your Own Gold Mine is conducted in East Africa, in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, and provide our clients with full SYOGM™ Gold Recovery Plant with 10 tonnes capacity per hour.
• Perforated metal screen used in impact mills
  This type of perforated metal screen is used in impact mills with more or less opening sizes depending of the need.
• Feeders for impact mills
  One may see the feeder mounted on one of the impact mills.
• The production of impact mills in our workshop in Croatia
  This picture shows the production of impact mills in our workshop in Croatia. Each such impact mill may handle 500 kg of rocks per hour and more than that.
• The construction of impact mills for rock milling
  On this picture one can see some details of the construction of impact mills in our workshop in Croatia, Europe. Each such impact mill has capacity of minimum 500 kg per hour, and may mill the rocks down to the powder as small as 50 mesh and smaller.
• The impact mills during the manufacture time
  These are the impact mills during the manufacture in our workshop in Croatia. Each impact mill may handle about 500 kg of material easy, or even more with better classification or setups. They are manufactured by company's financed blueprints and engineered designs, and by technician with decades of experience.
• Basic usage of SYOGM Auger
  The video shows our manufacturer of SYOGM Augers and basic usage on how to obtain soil samples. Augers are extensible and may go as deep as the strength of the user.
• When black sand is not agitated, there is no true panning
  This short educational video will show black sand in the pan, but it is not agitated. There is shaking and movements of hands and the Garrett Prospecting Pan. Yet one can see that the black sand in the gold pan is not agitated. It does not move as slurry. It is not liquid and not stirred with the water. Gold particles inside of this non-agitated black sand are trapped and have no space nor time to fall into the riffles and to get into concentration. This will tell you that shaking has the purpose…
• Sluice almost finished
  One can see here two sluice inserts that fit into each other. We put great stress that any well known and researched parts of the sluice are applied and that turbulences are avoided and that several multiple gold recovery methods are used to bring about the best gold concentrate one can find.
• Finalization of sluices
  Sluices need to be bent and prepared to fit one into each other. Each sluice has its entry, its exit, its first entrance dimension where inner width is important and its exit width where the outer width is important to be measured and properly applied. Only carefuylly measured sluices may fit one into each other. We always start with the basic chequered alluminum sheets and then apply several methods for gold recovery of every possible particle size and shape. Majority of materials, in its low quality…
• Sluice bending in Geita, Tanzania
  The workshop in Geita, Tanzania is open air workshop, with person that is enough skilled to listen to our dimensions and to bend sluices on an improvized metal brake or metal bending device. As all sluice inserts need to fit one into each other, this is not an easy task to do. Skilled technicians can understand the requirement and simply make it happen.
• Epsom Ltd. the metal workshop in Geita, Tanzania
  This is one of feature rich workshops for metal works in Geita, Tanzania. EPSOM LTD is company that can deliver good works that no average welder can in the area.
• Start Your Own Gold Mine in Rwanda, since 2018
  The company and business startup program is in existence in Rwanda since end of the year 2018. START YOUR OWN GOLD MINE Ltd is private company limited by shares with the company code being 108470653, and registered in Rwanda. Directors are Mr. Clement Kizito and Mr. Jean Louis. Company provides the business startup program for small scale gold mining, sales of mining equipment, and develops own gold mining activities.
• Banka Drill Educational Video
  This is Banka Drill, famous drilling rig manually operated and perfect for distant and hard to reach locations. This location have been accessed by boats, and team of people was able to drill down and obtain samples. Please observe following: 1) Man power is enough to operate the drilling rig 2) Each part of the drilling rig may be carried on the back of one person 3) Samples have been processed on the site by using simple sluice…
• Video of shaker tables for chromite mineral processing Cr2O3
  This is yet another video of shaker tables for chromite mineral processing. Our company Start Your Own Gold Mine may provide chromite concentrate and exports to any country in the world. Contact us to obtain chromite concentrates delivered to your door. Payments are required before the shipping.
• The video of shaker tables for chromite Cr2O3 mineral concentration
  These are shaker tables for chromite Cr2O3 mineral concentration. Our company Start Your Own Gold Mine may provide chromite concentrate and exports to any country in the world. Contact us to obtain chromite concentrates delivered to your door. Payments are required before the shipping.
• Reichert spirals in work for chromite mineral Cr2O3 concentration
  These are Reichert spirals for chromite mineral Cr2O3 concentration. Our company Start Your Own Gold Mine may provide chromite concentrate and exports to any country in the world. Contact us to obtain chromite concentrates delivered to your door. Payments are required before the shipping.
• Video of ball mills, separators, jigs for chromite mineral concentration
  This video shows ball mills, separators and jigs for chromite mineral Cr2O3 concentration. Our company Start Your Own Gold Mine may provide chromite concentrate and exports to any country in the world. Contact us to obtain chromite concentrates delivered to your door. Payments are required before the shipping.
• Video of mineral processing plant for chromite Cr2O3 mineral with arrays of shaker tables
  This video shows arrays of shaker tables for concentration of chromite mineral Cr2O3. Our company Start Your Own Gold Mine may provide chromite concentrate and exports to any country in the world. Contact us to obtain chromite concentrates delivered to your door. Payments are required before the shipping.
• Video of shaker table concentrating the chromite Cr2O3 mineral
  This is video of shaker table producing the concentrat of chromite Cr2O3 mineral. Our company Start Your Own Gold Mine may provide chromite concentrate and exports to any country in the world. Contact us to obtain chromite concentrates delivered to your door. Payments are required before the shipping.
• The video of shaker table concentration of chromite (Cr2O3) mineral
  This video shows how chromite Cr2O3 mineral is being concentrated by using shaker table. It is not most efficient method, yet it is workable to a degree. Our company Start Your Own Gold Mine may provide chromite concentrate and exports to any country in the world. Contact us to obtain chromite concentrates delivered to your door. Payments are required before the shipping.

Latest pages from GOLDIVANTI LP

• CIF is term used for sea and inland waterway transport, not for gold deliveries
  CIF is term used for sea and inland waterway transport, not for gold deliveries. Incorrectly used international trading terms are quick indication that something is wrong and usually it is seriously wrong in the offered gold trade deal. Since 2010, I have been purchasing and selling gold. Several refineries received kilograms of gold that I have purchased and in none of their terms I have ever seen terminology like CIF. This is the fact. Finally, the term CIF is Incoterms terminology that applies only for sea and inland waterway transport. No sane person is to transfer told by ship. Air cargo may be as heavy as one tonne, and up to today, I have never seen that gold was ever transferred with ship. Maybe for governments. Not in private transactions.
• 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.
• Happy Time Bar and Lodge in Northern Uganda
  This is Happy Time Bar and Lodge in Northern Uganda.
• Gold prospecting on river in Northern Uganda
  This is our staff member Stephen Tibasima looking for favorable places for gold prospecting in Northern Uganda.
• Room in the lodge in Northern Uganda
  This is how rooms look like in lodges in Northern Uganda.
• Lodge in Northern Uganda
  Every room has a separate entrance and good security.
• Accommodation in lodges in Northern Uganda
  We love these lodges in Northern Uganda.
• Hotel Restaurant Mego Lonyo in Northern Uganda
  This is the hotel and restaurant Mego Lonyo in Northern Uganda.
• The 1 euro cent should be 2.30 grams, but scale shows 2.32
  The 1 euro cent or other known coin or any known weight may be used to calibrate or verify the accuracy of precision scales. This time it is showing 0.02 more grams than it should be.
• Agoro, Northern Uganda
  This is wild west style picture from Agoro, Northern Uganda, during our gold prospecting expedition on February 17th 2019.
• Lodge in Northern Uganda
  This is how lodge in Northern Uganda looks like. Not bad for our purposes. We like separate rooms with separate entrances and possibility to use our own locks on the doors.
• 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.
• Chikolo or Chikoro, measure for gold in Northern Uganda
  We measure gold by weight. Some people measure it by the size of gold that fits into one of the hole of this razor blade. It is called Chikolo or Chikoro. I am not so sure in spelling and pronounciation. The price difference may change from day to day even 10 times more than it should be.
• Gold prospecting expedition start on February 16th 2019
  Our staff members moving to Northern Uganda for gold prospecting expedition on February 16th 2019.
• Staff members in Uganda moving for gold prospecting
  Our staff members in Uganda started the gold prospecting expedition from Tororo, Uganda, on February 16th 2019.
• Tororo town, Uganda
  This is Tororo town in Uganda.
• Tororo, Uganda, departure point to prospecting expedition in Uganda
  This is Tororo, our departure point on February 16th 2019, for the gold prospecting expedition 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Visit to mining site
  This mining site was discovered to have even one gram of gold in a simple shovel of the soil. People are building rooms at the place where they should not be built as exactly on that place the good gold grade have been found.
• Mazuri Lodge, near Geita, Tanzania
  This is how the lodge and street looks like in mining locations near Geita, Tanzania.
• Mr. M'hengele Nkwabi, our staff member
  Mr. M'hengele Nkwabi is our staff member that makes good reports from fields.
• 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 ball mills loaded on the truck
  These ball mills work on diesel engines and are here loaded on the truck in Dar es Salaam for the destination near Kahama, Tanzania.
• 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.
• Truck ready to move with the ball mills to Kahama, Tanzania
  These ball mills are transported from Dar es Salaam to Kahama, Tanzania.
• Transport of ball mills with the forklift
  The forklift is loading ball mills into the truck.
• Transport of ball mills
  Ball mills are transported near Kahama, Tanzania, for purposes of investment into gold mining.
• Ball mills imported from China
  These ball mills were waiting long time to get imported from China.
• The main tent and shower tent
  This is the main tent and the shower tent on the side.
• 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.
• HDPE connectors
  The HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) connectors are used to connect pipes together.
• 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.
• Sucking hose for the water pump
  The sucking hose for the water pump shall never be knicked as that is the way how to destroy it faster.
• 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.
• Wooden goat about one year old
  This wooden goat have been used for about one year, one can see that it is not worn out yet.
• 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.
• Water pump that may drive up to 80 cubic meters per hour
  This type of water pump is produced in China and according to specification it may pump up to 80 cubic meters of water per hour, that is equivalent to 80,000 liters.
• 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.
• Water spray bars
  Water spray bars are made out of basic locally accessible plastic pipes.
• 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.
• Miners Moss matting
  This is so called Miners Moss matting for gold recovery.
• The front of the shop in Ndaiga, Uganda
  This is how front of the shop looks like in Ndaiga, Uganda.
• Business premises in Ndaiga
  This is business premise in Ndaiga, Uganda.
• The front of the apartment in Ndaiga
  This is front gate of the apartments in Ndaiga, Uganda…
• Classic storage room in Uganda
  This is how storage rooms may look like, in Ndaiga, Uganda.
• Gold panning in Ndaiga, Uganda
  Our appreciated workers are gold panning in Ndaiga, Uganda.
• Equipment and buckets in the storage room
  This is equipment and buckets in the storage room.
• Classic bathroom in Ndaiga
  This is the bathroom. The place to wash your body in Ndaiga, Uganda.
• Lodge in Ndaiga, Uganda
  This is the lodge picture from outside, 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.
• Employment and Managing Opportunities with GOLDIVANTI LP
  At all times of a year we offer various employment and management opportunities in our company GOLDIVANTI LP and Start Your Own Gold Mine. The first position offered just to everybody is Communication and Reporting Officer I/C which is the entry position to the JLCO Executive Secretary or other managerial position. Local and international people may be hired for management positions. And only local people are hired for technical and production related positions. Major skills required are motivation to develop in life, intelligence, communication skills, honesty, leadership skills, and willingness to work in fields of East Africa. Some people are hired to provide us with services in their own country.
• One kilogram, one 100 grams and three troy ounces of gold
  This is one kilogram of gold, plus 100 grams and three troy ounces of gold as three Vienner Philharmonic coins. It is very easy to purchase or sell gold in Austria. For consulting and help on how to buy gold and sell gold in Europe, feel free to contact us over [https://www.rcdwealth.com](https://www.rcdwealth.com "https://www.rcdwealth.com"). To Start Your Own Gold Mine in East Africa, feel free to visit [http://www.StartYourOwnGoldMine.com](http://www.StartYourOwnGoldMine.com "http://www.StartYourOwnGoldMine.com")…
• Mineral Expo in Zagreb, Croatia, from 18th to 20th May 2018
  Our company GOLDIVANTI LP was presented on the booth on Mineral Expo in Zagreb, Croatia, from 18th to 20th May 2018 by Mr. Jean Louis and friends. We have been presenting our program Start Your Own Gold Mine and sales of gold from gold mining production in Tanzania and in Uganda. One of features was the gold panning experiement that many visitors liked, especially children, as that was the first time they have seen gold particles. Many of visitors were surprised to find out that there is so much gold in their country Croatia. We will be having booths on Mineral Fairs all over the Europe.
• 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.
• Go Goldivanti Gold! -- Greetings from Sandy Orencia from Philippines
  Go Goldivanti Gold! Greetings from Sandy Orencia and his beautiful children from Philippines to Goldivanti Gold in Uganda and Tanzania. Thank you Sandy, thank you much!…
• Gold concentrate in our storage room
  This is the gold concentrate we are collecting in the storage room in Uganda.
• Meanwhile in Uganda, gold concentrate being collected
  This is the gold concentrate being collected in Uganda.
• Small gold particles on finger
  These are small gold particles on the finger, magnified.
• Gold particles visibly captured in the sluice
  These are small gold particles as captured on our sluices in Uganda.
• Gold particle captured on sluice
  Here is one more gold particle as captured on our sluice.
• Gold particles captured on the sluice
  Here are small gold particles magnified as captured on our gold recovery sluice in Uganda. We are collecting the surface gold nuggets and small particles with tweezers, while the concentrate is fully processed at once to collect all the gold.
• Spare parts for the water pump
  Here are the spare parts used for the water pump reparation.
• Reparation of the water pump
  This is how water pump is repaired. Low quality Chinese water pumps are easily obtained in Uganda, yet ask for higher maintenance expenses.
• Reparation of Chinese water pump
  We need to repair the Chinese manufactured water pump. Low quality water pumps have high maintenance expenses.
• Broken water pump
  This is what happens when Chinese manufactured water pump is used for few months. It breaks. Avoid Chinese pumps, if you can. We cannot and we have to use them.
• Gold particles on paper
  These are small gold particles on paper that is the proof that gold recovery from tailing works.
• Buckets full of gold concentrate
  These buckets are full of the gold concentrate as collected from January and February 2018 in Uganda by our company GOLDIVANTI GOLD LIMITED.
• 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.
• Testing of the engine of drilling rig
  The drilling rig is tested two times before the purchase, first time for the functionality of the engine and second time by conducting one successful drill and getting one borehole.
• 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.
• Mr. Jean Louis in front of a water well drilling rig
  The water well drilling rig is life saving in Tanzania and in Uganda. It may be also used as for preliminary deep soil gold prospecting including as part of the second section of our Matrix Gold Prospecting.
• 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.
• Storage with the gold concentrate
  This is the storage with the gold concentrate. That is the subproduct of gold mining. First all concentrates may be stored in such buckets until the point of time when all concentrate is concentrated again and again until we get pure gold out. This production is conducted by our company GOLDIVANTI GOLD LIMITED in Uganda.
• 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.
• The spirit bottle with golden flakes
  This is edible gold in the bottle with spirit. This type of bottles is traditionally used in the Balkan area.
• Golden spirit
  This is spirit, alcoholic beverage with golden pieces.
• Cabin in the dredge boat
  Controls are located in the cabin of the dredge boat.
• The pump in the dredge boat
  This is slurry or gravel pump in the dredge boat and it can pump 100 tonnes per hour.
• The engine in the dredge boat
  This is the engine of the dredge boat and it is in good condition.
• 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.
• Winch on the dredge boat
  This is winch on the 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.
• Dragline attachment or crane shovel
  This is dragline attachment and shovel that is used with the crane and that one is throwing in a swinging motion to fetch the sand, gravel or soil.
• 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.
• Dragline excavator or crane for digging and excavation
  This is universal dragline excavator and crane that may be used for digging and excavation of soil, sand and gravel. It may replace excavator in various situations. We are visiting and considering how to obtain new equipment. Decisions on purchase of equipment from Europe with transportation to Tanzania or Uganda are difficult. Sometimes expenses of transport and import may be larger than the equipment price itself.
• 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.
• Mr. Louis doing practical field assay of gold
  Mr. Louis is doing here practical field assay of gold content in some soil. Similar method may be used to concentrate gold from the operation and to determine how much was recovered.
• 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.
• Small nuggets recovered
  Small flat nuggets are also found in concentrates and recovered by using super-concentration and simple gold panning methods.
• 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.
• The mercury gold once again
  This is mercury gold once again shown in the gold pan after fine gold concentration process. We do not use mercury, we recover it as side effect.
• 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.
• The fine gold recovery system
  This is fine gold recovery system that helps us concentrate all the gold smaller than 50 mesh.
• 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.
• Fine gold recovery system
  This is fine gold recovery systems, we are using the genious methods invented by smart microscopist from Oregon for purposes of mercury free gold recovery.
• 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.
• The gold recovery system
  This is view from my working place on the gold recovery system for all gold smaller than 50 mesh, down to 5 microns. This fine gold can be recovered, totally without using mercury and by using simplest set theory in mathematics applied practically. Many people make a question how a set theory may be applied practically, and that is exactly how our gold recovery system works, by using the set theory and by removing those parts of material not containing or containing gold.
• 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.
• Children panning for gold on mining site
  These children are panning for gold on mining site in a dangerous and polluted environment. Each heap of tailings is polluted with mercury. Children are in constant contact with mercury while playing and working on the mining site. We do not endorse such activities. This is report from neighboring sites where we do not have control.
• 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.
• Concentrate collection
  On the end of the day, concentrate is collected and retained for further concentration and final gold recovery.
• Miners working on the sluice
  Miners are handling the first tailings heaps on this mining site.
• Women and people panning for gold nearby our tailings heaps
  These women and men are panning for gold just nearby our tailings heaps. They may obtain per day of panning from 0.1 to 0.3 grams of gold, or sometimes more. It helps them live the life.
• Mining and mineral processing site
  This is our mining and mineral processing site where we have agreement to process all the tailings heaps.
• Miners feeding the sluice
  Sluice is fed by miners by the rate of 132 shovels per hour where average shovel is about 8 kilograms, amounting to little bit more than one tonne per hour. In the first stage, slow water pressure and low slope is applied to review how much of gold is retained and what gold is eventually being lost. Once capability have been attained, the slope is increasing up to the tolerated degree, and water pressure is increased. Up to 6-8 tonnes per hour may then be handled in the second stage.
• Concentrate on the vortex matting
  This is vortex matting, enlarged. Concentrate is under the surface of these particles, including several small gold nuggets.
• Mr. Louis by the sluice
  This is Mr. Louis, preparing small details for the fine gold recovery sluice. Gold particles are so small that cannot be seen by naked eyes.
• 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.
• Our purchasing manager on the site
  This is our purchasing manager in Uganda, she handles a lot of accounting, facilitates with suppliers, makes sure that things are running smoothly.
• Quick and improvized sluice ready for work
  This is quick and improvized sluice ready for work and handling of the tailings heaps.
• Preparing the elevation for sluices
  Mr. Okedi is preparing the elevation for the sluice hopper.
• 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.
• Using welding clamps for carpentry
  These welding clamps may be used for simple carpentry as one can see it.
• Preparation of the HDPE pipes
  The HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) pipe is prepared on the mining site for the sluice run.
• Gold particles on the rock
  This magnification of 10x shows gold particles of 3-4 millimeter on the rock that also contains some iron or black sand.
• 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.
• The old abandoned rudimentary ball mill drum
  This is old and abandoned rudimentary ball mill drum on the mining site. One may see how it was repaired multiple times. We suspect gold inside, left for those who know where to search for it.
• Mineral sample on the mining site
  This is gold bearing rock that is crushed, milled and processed on this mining site.
• Mr. Louis nearby the tailings heap
  This is the tailings heap in background, and Mr. Louis is watching what? Birds? We don't know.
• 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.
• Mercury gold and small gold particles recovered
  Mercury gold is seen in the gold pan and represents the result from one portion of the concentrates that were collected on the sluice. Mercury collects small particles of gold together, and we recovery mercury and dispose of it. We do not use mercury in recovery of the gold. We recover both gold and mercury accidentally due to previous mercury pollution.
• 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.
• Feeding the sluice
  The sluice is fed during the first half an hour of testing. Clay material was much harder to handle, while all the sand was handled pretty well, mercury and gold particles could be recovered, together with the oxide coated gold particles.
• 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.
• Gold particles are separated on the sluice
  Sluice and the slick plates on the first part of the sluice are being separated from each other and gold particles are running to be captured. Water flow is carefully observed, the level of the sluice, bubbles and turbulences.
• 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 HDPE pipe is being moved for easier water supply
  The HDPE pipe is moved by our people for easier water supply. That way we did not need to cut the expensive suction hose which we use to bring water from the HDPE pipe. HDPE means high density polyethylene. Polyethylene is a lightweight thermoplastic used in insulation, plumbing and similar applications.
• 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 at Upendo orphanage, delivery of clothes and shoes
  Our executive associate Laurence is delivering clothes and shoes to Upendo orphanage. We could not find all the children that were there present back in 2016. So we are still to understand what happened to them. One part of clothes and shoes was delivered to children in need. Those were sent by Erwin, our partner from Germany.
• 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.
• Wema, the orphan, is taken care of by good friends in Mwanza
  This is Wema, she was 2 years old back in 2012, when we started visiting the Upendo orphanage. She is now with foster parents in Mwanza, Mary, and good friends who take raise her and take care of her.
• 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!…
• The red face of Purger of Zagreb, Croatia, Mr. Robert Stažnik
  That is what happenes when purger from Zagreb comes to Tanzania. Red face. Purger means "Burger" in German language or "citizen", which has the meaning of a citizen of Zagreb, especially those citizens of the old town of Zagreb or near to the old town. Robert is exceptional, loyal, trustful and have helped us a lot. We reserve the right to mock him on these pages.
• 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.
• Robert Stažnik in Mwanza, Tanzania
  Robert Stažnik, the executive associate of GOLDIVANTI LP in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Here he is smiling at the restaurant in Mwanza, Tanzania not far from Bismarck Rocks.
• 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 tailing heaps in September 2012
  These tailing heaps were producing 200-300 grams back in 2012. They could be purchased for affordable price and processed quickly for money.
• 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.
• The gold cyanidation plant in Tanzania
  This is the gold cyanidation plant in Tanzania. About 5 kilograms of gold have been produced here every month. The plant had 4 partners. Just about 30 days thereafter, we were informed that only 3 partners left due to the fatal car accident.
• 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…
• The view in our office in Mwanza, 2012
  This was our first office in Mwanza, Tanzania, back in 2012.
• Mpesa, the polisher in Mwanza, Tanzania
  This is Mpesa, polisher in Mwanza, Tanzania. We used his services back then to polish our first diamonds.
• Robert Stažnik in our office in Mwanza, Tanzania
  This is Robert Stažnik, in Mwanza, Tanzania, in our office. He greatly helped in establishment of our business in 2012, and have got new people into the office, and maintained all the necessary administration until the end of 2012.
• 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.
• Poor conditions of Upendo Orphanage in Mwanza, Tanzania, back in 2012
  The conditions and environment for these children is not as good, that we tried to remedy since 2012. The orphanage is not registered and the only caretaker is Mama Vedastina Manyasi which need our support since then.
• 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.
• The Upendo Orphanage in Mwanza, Tanzania on 11th September 2012
  This is the Upendo Orphange in Mwanza, Tanzania, back in September 2012. The orphanage is not registered, and held by Mama Vedastina Manyasi, which we support from the first day we know them. They had at the time about 12 children, and even today, there is about 10 children in the orphanage. Some of them grow, some of them still stay with the caretaker.
• 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.
• One part of our equipment in the storage room
  This is one part of our equipment in the storage room. Few suction hoses, a water pump, basins, gold pans, vortex matting and the miners' moss, fine gold sluices, buckets for concentrates and various basic tools.
• 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.
• The fine gold recovery system as conducted by Mr. Louis
  The fine gold system is conducted by Mr. Louis in the shade of the storage and accommodation building. Few buckets, gold pans, classifiers, and super-concentration helps in recovery of the finest gold particles. Both the beach sand and tailing heaps have been proven to contain fine gold and that is the target of the operation on this mining site. The recovery of fine gold in multiple tailing heaps.
• 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.
• Drink mercury, drink
  Not that I wanted this. But it is how it is. Chicken and goats are continously on the mining site and drinking whatever water they find around. This gold pan had black sand particles with gold and mercury smaller than 200 mesh. It was sieves with the 200 mesh sieve. Such fine gold smaller than 200 mesh, including even smaller mercury particles are floating in the water. These chicks are drinking both the fine gold particles floating in the water and mercury particles as well. Mercury is a pollutant…
• 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 tailing heap
  This is the tailing heap being processed by the fellow miner on the location. The expected outcome is about 50 grams, up to 100 grams, with the initial expense of just 10 grams and later running expenses.
• 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.
• Find out where is the assaying sluice...
  On this picture one may observe the flow of the processed tailing, and there is one small assaying sluice capturing the fine gold particles. Try to find out where it is. Do you see it?…
• 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.
• Miners' moss and the turbulent water flow
  Miners are using this type of a setup with two sluices after the hammer crusher. That is for the reason that the crusher cannot easily be stopped and started again, so they close one of the outputs to clean the carpet on one side while the other one is still running. Miners' moss is incorrectly set, the water flow is turbulent, and expanded metal is missing to push the gold particles quickly down into the carpets. A simple test have revealed that a lot of gold is being lost, just as much as one would…
• 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.
• Busia by night
  Busia town nearby the supermarkets.
• Review of the open pit in June, 2017
  We are reviewing the open pit in June, 2017…
• Poor scooping of crushed ores with gold under the rock crusher
  The worker is trying to scoop material from ground that was discharged from a rock crusher. Gold is lost in the process and his method of scooping is not efficient.
• Mining site and mineral processing place ID: 281
  This is mineral processing place in Uganda where we started with research and production in 2017.
• Too steep slopes of the open pit
  They are excavating open pit where it is believed there is gold. The excavator is making too steep slopes in my opinion and is not moving material correctly away from an open pit. It will tend to fall down.
• 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 prospecting for gold
  Miners on the river…
• Miners on the river prospecting for gold
  Miners are prospecting the soil that is arriving from benches for gold particles.
• Prospecting on river Okame in Uganda
  Miners prospecting on the river Okame in Uganda.
• Miners on the river
  Miners are prospecting on the river.
• Mr. Louis prospecting on river
  Miners are on the river prospecting for gold the soil that is running from the hills down to the river.
• Local miners
  Miners are moving to the river.
• Moving to the river
  Local miners are moving to the river for prospecting of gold.
• Mr. Louis and local miners
  Local miners are going with Mr. Louis to the river for prospecting.
• Mr. Louis leading people to the river
  Miners and farmers are all together with us in the prospecting efforts.
• Prospecting in Uganda
  We are moving to the river for prospecting.
• Talking with local farmers and miners
  Local miners and farmers are listening to our conversation with the exploration leader.
• Water source
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• Water source
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• Other water source
  This is other river and water source on the land licensed for exploration.
• Water source near exploration land
  This is one of water sources near the land licensed for exploration.
• Classifying and gold panning in Uganda
  Mr. Louis is classifying the material and panning for gold.
• Gold panning in Uganda
  People are gold panning in Uganda, searching for gold in the soil samples, including in the stream soil.
• Gold panning on the stream
  Mr. Louis is panning for gold on the stream…
• Looking for gold particles
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• 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.
• Mr. Louis assaying the soil on the stream
  Mr. Louis is assaying the soil on the stream to find the gold particles.
• Child on mining site
  Child may be seen on the mining site…
• Miners loading the truck
  Miners are loading the truck with the crushed material to transport it to the 10 meter distant sluice. That is inefficient handling of material. Best would be to have both machines to each other and that after crushing the material directly flows to the sluice.
• Loading the truck with material
  Miners are loading the truck with material. The truck is then transporting just 10 meters to the sluice which was made to be fixed. This is inefficient and has to be changed.
• Gunia or bag material as used in washing gold particles in Uganda
  These bags are named "gunia" in Swahili and are used to wash gold particles. It is not as efficient as much of gold is passing through on the ground.
• The screen has to be cleaned
  This screen is used on the rudimentary sluice and has to be cleaned from time to time.
• Inefficient screen
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• Screen on the sluice
  The screen was hand made and is not as efficient.
• Not efficient screen on the sluice
  This screen is not as efficient, it is how miners construct it for work.
• Material is being loaded into the truck
  As it is seen on other video, the material is being loaded on the truck with such bad conditions and dangers for health with all the powder in the air. Loading to the truck has the only purpose to bring it to the 10 meter distant sluice, instead of brining machines together and avoid such transportation.
• The mineral processing site and truck
  This is mineral processing site and very inefficient process of handling materials.
• River Okame
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