====== Mauritania ======

==== ASM Population: 10,000 ====
Total: Reported at IGF meeting in 2017: **10,000**\\
Min/max: 2017 reported as a gold rush, it could therefore now be higher or lower -> **5,000 - 15,000** \\
Female participation: no data. Unlikely in an ismamic country -> **0**\\
Gold: All data for gold -> **10,000**\\  

==== Data sources for estimation ====

=== 2017: 10,000 ASGM ===
Presentation at 2017 Annual Meeting of IGF: https://www.igfmining.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Session-11-The-ASM-in-Mauritania-Taleb-Mohammed.pdf
  Use of metal detectors
  More than 10,000 people rush into an area close to a gold mine


==== Publications ====
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==== Further Materials ====
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