Through al-Bashir and Brotherhood… Qatar plundered Sudan’s gold

Sudan is one of the countries rich in mineral wealth, foremost of which is Gold that lured the Qatari regime during the era of Omar al-Bashir and the Brotherhood regime to plunder and steal gold mines in the country.

Qatar is currently investing about $ 1.5 billion in Sudan through 40 agricultural, tourism and real estate projects, according to official Sudanese data.

Although Bashir regime was not interested in conducting a survey of mineral wealth in the country, official reports indicate that Sudan has yet to consume only 1% of its reserves of gold and other minerals, which according to the former Sudanese Minister of Mining, Hashem Ali Salem, are estimated at 500 tons of gold as proven reserves, in addition to thousands of tons as unconfirmed reserves, 1.5 billion tons of iron, and Sudan has stocks of about 40 other minerals, in addition to rare and precious stones.

In July 2015, Sudanese Minister of Minerals Ahmed Mohamed Sadiq Al-Karouri announced that the total gold reserves in Sudan are estimated at $ 1 trillion and $ 702 billion.

Many Qatari companies opened in the Sudanese mineral sector, with great facilities by Omar al-Bashir regime.

During the era of al-Bashir, Qatar and Sudan established the Qatari Sudanese Mining Company, QSMD, which started its activity in April 2014 to prospect for minerals, especially gold.

The company has the concession to mine for an area of ​​6 thousand kilometers at the site of Mount O’Hare in blocks 62 (A) and 62 (B) in the state of the Red Sea.

Qatar Mining Company also works in Sudan in coordination with the Qatar Development Fund and the Qatar Development Bank.

Qatar Mining Company is working in 7 blocks whose reserves of gold and copper are valued at about $ 10 billion ready for investment.

Also, there is the Qatar Investment Company, which is headed by Fahd bin Hamad bin Abdul Aziz Al-Thani, and it is working in the field of mineral exploration, especially gold.

A previous report of the Sudanese Ministry of Minerals estimated the difference between the producer of gold in Sudan and the source abroad at a value between 3 billion and 4 billion dollars annually, and gold exports represent 37% of the country’s total exports during the last three years, according to the Sudanese Ministry of Minerals report.

Qatar’s efforts to control the minerals sector, especially the yellow metal, comes in the context of a broader plan to control and plunder the wealth of Sudan and support terrorist groups and armed militias, led by the International Brotherhood.