The Hoggar Gold and Rare Metals Metallogenic Province of ...
The Hoggar massif, a part of the Tuareg shield in the Trans Saharan Pan African orogen, is endowed in gold and rare metals . Most of these metals are present at low levels compared to other Precambrian or collisional belts worldwide, but tantalum is concentrated in a series of evolved granitic cupolas, making the Hoggar a promising tantalum province.