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The Gambia has no confirmed mineral or natural resource deposits and has a limited agricultural base. About 75% of the population depends on crops and livestock for its livelihood. Small-scale manufacturing ...
www.exxun.com/Gambia/e_ec.html
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forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth
www.exxun.com/Georgia/b_mp.html
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fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/b_mp.html
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... oil prospecting is underway in several sectors but has not yet led to commercially viable crude deposits. The inequality of income distribution is one of the most extreme in the world. The ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/e_ec.html
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oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules
www.exxun.com/IndianOcean/b_mp.html
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... oil production comes from the Indian Ocean. Beach sands rich in heavy minerals and offshore placer deposits are actively exploited by bordering countries, particularly India, South Africa, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
www.exxun.com/IndianOcean/e_ec.html
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major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/b_mp.html
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... A remote country of 33 scattered coral atolls, Kiribati has few natural resources. Commercially viable phosphate deposits were exhausted at the time of independence from the UK in 1979. Copra and fish ...
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abundant hydropower; significant deposits of gold and rare earth metals; locally exploitable coal, oil, and natural gas; other deposits of nepheline, mercury, bismuth, lead, and zinc
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/b_mp.html
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fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits
www.exxun.com/Lithuania/b_mp.html
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limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite
www.exxun.com/Malawi/b_mp.html
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gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited
www.exxun.com/Mali/b_mp.html
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... were forced into the cities by recurrent droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Mauritania has extensive deposits of iron ore, which account for nearly 40% of total exports. The nation's coastal ...
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Economic activity consists primarily of subsistence farming and fishing. The islands have few mineral deposits worth exploiting, except for high-grade phosphate. The potential for a tourist industry exists, but the remote ...
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/e_ec.html
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... small economic base. It enjoys a favorable climate and good farmland but has no major mineral deposits. As a result, the economy depends heavily on agriculture, featuring fruits, vegetables, wine, and tobacco ...
www.exxun.com/Moldova/e_ec.html
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... Economic activity in Mongolia has traditionally been based on herding and agriculture. Mongolia has extensive mineral deposits. Copper, coal, gold, molybdenum, fluorspar, uranium, tin, and tungsten account for a large part of ...
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/e_ec.html
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diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore
www.exxun.com/Namibia/b_mp.html
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... for 8% of GDP, but provides more than 50% of foreign exchange earnings. Rich alluvial diamond deposits make Namibia a primary source for gem-quality diamonds. Namibia is the fourth-largest exporter ...
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... any other in the Pacific. The island was annexed by Germany in 1888 and its phosphate deposits began to be mined early in the 20th century by a German-British consortium. Nauru ...
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... from phosphates are serious long-term problems. In anticipation of the exhaustion of Nauru's phosphate deposits, substantial amounts of phosphate income were invested in trust funds to help cushion the transition ...
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quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore
www.exxun.com/Nepal/b_mp.html
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... nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits. Drought cycles, desertification, and a 2.9% population growth rate, have undercut the economy. Niger shares ...
www.exxun.com/Niger/e_ec.html
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oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish
www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/b_mp.html
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... high cost of developing infrastructure. Agriculture provides a subsistence livelihood for 85% of the population. Mineral deposits, including copper, gold, and oil, account for nearly two-thirds of export earnings. The government ...
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/e_ec.html
