A Bridge To Prosperity? Guineas Junta Touts Opening Of Mining Megaproject

Vast Simandou complex has 2.8bn tonnes of iron ore deposits, but many worry about its environmental cost Deep in the south of Guinea lies Simandou, an impressive mountain range with a lucrative underbelly: the worlds largest untapped iron ore deposits, amounting to an estimated 2.8bn tonnes. In 2013, it was at the centre of one of the , stemming from an ownership tussle over development licenses awarded in the 1990s during the regime of the west African countrys former authoritarian president Lansana Cont .