Gold artisanal zone in Niger. no figure
Origin: Niger
Site data
- Commodity: Gold
- Tier: Artisanal zone (no reliable production figure; separate marker)
- Status: Officially closed 2017; status 2025–26 unverified
- Operator / ownership: Informal; up to 20,000 miners from Niger, Chad, Libya and Sudan; Tchibarakaten (near the Algerian border) is a sister site
- Production: no figure
- Coordinates: 21.0160, 12.3080 (OSM (Nominatim); WP 20.983,12.333)
Security context
- Rush since 2014; up to 20,000 miners from Niger, Chad, Libya and Sudan, including heavily armed Chadian and Libyan groups. Apr 2022: 4 soldiers killed at the Djado post.
- Sister site Tchibarakaten (northern Agadez, near the Algerian border; no verified point): 5 soldiers escorting a miners’ convoy killed (Apr 2023). 16 Sep 2026: the Algerian Air Force reportedly struck an illegal mine near ‘Tabarkat’ (C3, Sahel Monitor, t.me/sahelmonitor/234, 16 Sep 2026).
Sources
- Small Arms Survey, Niger gold briefing: https://smallarmssurvey.org/sites/default/files/resources/SAS-SANA-BP-Niger-Gold-FR.pdf
- Map and tier rule: 03 Resources Map
Relationships
- Struck nearby (Sep 2026): Algeria
Media
Regional security map; this site is outside the four zooms.