Gold artisanal zone in Niger. Niger declared >1.7 t of gold in 2025 (all sources)
Origin: Niger
Region: Tillabéri
Site data
- Commodity: Gold
- Tier: Artisanal zone (no reliable production figure; separate marker)
- Status: Active (unverified for 2025–26)
- Operator / ownership: Informal (>40,000 diggers historically)
- Production: Niger declared >1.7 t of gold in 2025 (all sources)
- Coordinates: 14.0830, 1.0500 (mindat (Téra))
Security context
- 28 Dec 2019: the police post at the site was burned, 1 policeman killed. Jun 2025: an army raid on jihadist-held illegal gold sites near Tagueye killed 13. Tillabéri was the deadliest central-Sahel region in 2025 (>1,200 deaths, ACLED). Nearby: the Jul 2024 kidnapping of a Russian geologist at Mbanga (Téra), freed by Africa Corps in Mali per Russia (Apr 2026).
Sources
- Wikipedia, 2025 in Niger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_Niger
- Map and tier rule: 03 Resources Map
Relationships
- Area contested by: ISSP
- Area contested by: JNIM
- Raided by (Jun 2025, near Tagueye): FAN (Niger)
Media
Zoom B: Liptako-Gourma tri-border.