Gold potential of the Pan African Trans-Sahara belt and prospect for further exploration

The Trans-Sahara belt is one of the mobile belts formed during the Pan African orogeny that spans between ~870 and ~550 Ma. The Trans-Sahara belt was formed as result of the collision between the converging West African craton, Congo craton, and the Sahara metacraton continental blocks. The belt, with major exposure in the Tuareg and Dahomeyan, consists of pre-Neoproterozoic basement which were thoroughly reworked during the Pan African orogeny,...