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From AFP News:

DDIS ABABA — Ethiopia on Tuesday announced the discovery of a mine containing more than 40 tonnes of gold deposit worth 1.7 billion dollars (1.1 billion euros).

The state-run Ethiopian News Agency reported that the new find, announced by the ministry of mines and energy, will require some 200 million dollars to extract and process.

“Geological survey indicates that… an estimated 500 tonnes of gold deposit is found in the country,” the agency said, providing a figure for the whole of Ethiopia.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TMAC_35000/ TMAC_35000

    Allot of people are going to die behind this.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cestleon/ cestleon

    Don’t tell Rick Ross, he may have a pendant of his belly made out of it! Ha ha ha ha

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cestleon/ cestleon

    But seriously though. Isn’t it funny that some black people go crazy for mere minerals that are abundant in Africa and Latin America and are willing to spend a house note in order to brag about being that irresponsible with money?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sylkiifeather/ sylkiifeather

    TMAC…that is the first thing i thought as well. i feel bad for the people who live there.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gods_chosenman/ Gods_chosenman

    Solomons Gold? either way this is great for ethiopia…I hope they will put it to good use.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Whos_GiNa/ Whos_GiNa

    I’d say good for ethiopia but like TMAC…somehow i dont think the people are going to get anything good out of this gold but hurt, dead, or worked like slaves to unearth and process it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ladyiska/ ladyiska

    wow das how u kno things are bad countries wit gold and still starvin …NOT RIGHT.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jahz_Lynx1/ Jahz_Lynx1

    Well that explains why the Jews in Isreal decided to “help” the Ethopian Jews (Falashas) and take them off their land…who’d a thunk it?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JFactor420/ JFactor420

    Does anyone proof-read these articles at NewsOne? Ethopia? Ddis Ababa? apparently not!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mamangel67218/ mamangel67218

    To someone that asked how is it that they have gold and still starve.First of all, every country has unfortunate areas, take some hoods n America as an example. We just see and comment about some parts of different countries on T.V when we haven’t even solve all of ours and don’t know how true it is.
    They are wealthy people in euthopia trust me, I learned this the hard way
    and the gold that just got discovered, aren’t no telling if the government will use it to fix trouble areas in their economy or split it amongs themselves.
    I’ve stayed in England, Nigeria and of course the United states and the difference between low-developed countries is independency for instance, I’m half Nigerian and I know Nigerian has the resources to be one of the top 4 richest countries in the world but the government is corrupt so you can basically do what you want to do to get money and once you get money, you can basically buy authority, the government will rather sell their resources to other countries and make them rich than make others as rich as they are.

    About a couple of years ago I saw a phantom drive by in the television when I was watching feed the Children of Kenya. I don’t even Know that many common people that drive that here in the U.S. but when I go to Nigeria I see all kinds of luxury cars. This is the reason why I don’t believe what I see on T.V or read about other countries unless it’s proven that it’s indeed true.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mamangel67218/ mamangel67218

    Sorry for the long post yall, I had to get that off my chest. lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    Not even the “Topaz” of Ethiopia… Job… Revolution is NOW!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Innovative_Brother/ Innovative_Brother

    Is Ethiopia still an independent nation? I wonder how all this plays into their relations with somalia and eritrea or foreigners outside of Africa…And who’s got the 2 million bucks to extract it? Somebodies going to come up with it, I’m wondering WHO though. Who gets the the bulk of the cut right?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Innovative_Brother/ Innovative_Brother

    Oh my fault 200 million. Damn. I don’t know why but it wouldn’t surprise me if some asian country tries to get a piece of that action.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Killa_Kanibus/ Killa_Kanibus

    Damn…they never should have told anyone. European Union is gonna be all up in their ass by next week.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Amilkar/ Amilkar

    I know it’s wishful thinking, but here goes. Since this gold was found and inherent in Ethiopia, it should stay in Ethiopia and benefit the Ethiopian people…Now…you know it ain’t gonna go down like that…(LOL!) What you “will” see though is damn-near everybody claiming some kind of “Ethiopian” ancestry (including whites) and relocating, bulidng businesses, corporations buying land, paying off the chieftains and cornering all of the original “Ethiopians” (LOL!) into one tight, squat area of the country. I hate to be so pessimisstic, but I can get over there fast enough to warn them!…..

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2daTopnonStop/ 2daTopnonStop

    Thats awesome…hope the corrupt as.s government does right by the people…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    Its all about the power the people who should benefit from this find will not and the poor shall remain servants because greed is the leader.

    But,some of the comments are case on point hoping no more people die but whose going to man those mines greed sucks and those in charge are monsters therefore they will not still care business as ususal :(

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/YooDown/ YooDown

    O lawd!! now they gonna bomb Ethiopia for more gold as if they didn’t steal majority of it already.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/thekid1986/ thekid1986

    hope this goes to the people and the corrupt motherf**kers dont steal it!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kennyd4/ kennyd4

    their first mistake was letting the world know they have it,lets see how long it takes b4 the rest of the world starts some shyt in that region.time to turn them agaisnt one another and run off with the goods,and seeing though the price of gold is at an all time high its only fitting the jews of that part of the world will come up with some bullshyt.remember it was isreal who refused them entry yrs ago when they called themselfs opening up thier boarders to jews all over the world but the ethiopians.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    @kennyd4, what are you talking about? Over 100,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel. There are some issues with assimilation and racism, but they have allowed Ethiopian Jews to immigrate.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    @kennyd4. This must be what you were referring to:
    The story of how the Ethiopian Jews – known as Falasha, meaning “gone to exile”–
    survived for so many centuries in exile clinging to their Jewish tradition and how,finally, they came to Israel is fascinating.
    It was not until 1973 that they were officially accepted as having the right to “return”
    to Israel and become Israeli citizens.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TeachThemCulture/ TeachThemCulture

    Selah!!!

    Satta massagana!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/momono3/ momono3

    Oh boy! They better run and hide all that stuff before the U.S, China or some other powerful country decides they want to ‘free them from tyranny’ or some other excuse to go in and take it all away from them.

    Hey, I wonder if this is King Solomon’s Mines. LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    They should have KEPT that ONE to themself…OLE UNCLE SAM is COMING to COLLECT and then PUT a AMERICAN flag on IT.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/davettalashley/ davettalashley

    So THAT’S where Bush and them hid the gold. I bet they’re really pissed. LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/alex_65_98/ alex_65_98

    “So he loaded up the truck and he moved to Ethiopia”..lol Mann..I’m getting my plane ticket right now..:)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/vasco5/ vasco5

    and then they wonder why people are still starving in africa,these ppl don’t unite and accept who they are,some ethiopian think their aren’t black if they have a little curl straight hair on they head,when it there same forefathers and mother are the same african before it was interbred then makes one think they prefered they curly hair and they different from others because there’re a new race of ppl

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chictatious1/ chictatious1

    if africa stops allowing tourist mine their fields they could be one of the richest country, but its to busy being occupied by others stealing their riches.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/no_angel_photography/ no_angel_photography

    i really hope that they get to do some good in there country with it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/t-boy02/ t-boy02

    the tyrants runnin the country will sell out for half or less ofwhat the trues worth is just to keep it in their pockets.
    the people will suffer an nothing of good will come from this dicovery.
    the only benefactors are the tyrants an the “devils” if you know who im talkin about.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/t-boy02/ t-boy02

    the tyrants runnin the country will sell out for half or less of what the true worth is just to keep it in their pockets.
    the people will suffer an nothing of good will come from this discovery.
    the only benefactors are the tyrants an the “devils” if you know who im talkin about.
    truly sad

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tonialeach/ tonialeach

    its amazing how the lands of our people are so rich and yet its people are the poorest. the only thing that will come of this find is that the rich will get richer and the poor will remain so. sad but true people get ready the storm approaches.

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