(PDF) Lithium Recovery from Ekiti Clays
Ijero Ekiti and Ire Ekiti clays yielded about 59.24% and 50.65%Li extractions respectively in sulphuric acid. Higher % Li-extraction of about 56.5% and 51.4% were obtained from these two clays ...
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Ecological impact of mining on soils of Southwestern …
Ijero-Ekiti mine sites and the control sites. The textural class at Ijero-Ekiti was sandy loam while that at Awo and Itagunmodi was loamy sand. Low soil pH values were observed in the three mine sites: pH 3.5 at Ijero-Ekiti, pH 5.1 at Awo …
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Mining of Mineral Deposits
ABSTRACT . Purpose. To examine the environmental impacts of gemstone mining activities on the people of Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Methods. Soil and water test …
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Putting small-scale mining in perspective: an analysis of risk
Quantitative responses from a systematic random sampling of 506 residents of Ijero-Ekiti mining community (southwestern Nigeria) are presented with an emphasis on …
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Mining: Group identifies child labour, gender abuse in Ekiti …
The Women in Mining (WIM) in Nigeria has lamented the increasing child labour and gender abuse in Ekiti state's mining sector, calling on stakeholders and policymakers to address the challenges ...
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(PDF) Intrinsic Parametric Approach to Groundwater …
The research was conducted to unravel the aquifer protective capacity and groundwater yield of the environment of a mining site at Ijero-Ekiti, Nigeria. The electrical resistivity method was employed and data gotten were used in combining the conventional longitudinal conductance and a new approach that indexes the resistivity and thickness ...
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Assessment of Natural Radiation Exposure Level in …
II. GEOLOGY OF IJERO-EKITI Ijero-Ekiti located on latitude 7° 48' 54.50'' N and longitude 5° 04' 1.78'' E is a town in Ekiti State, South-western Nigeria. It is the headquarters of Ijero Local Government which is situated in the north-western part of Ekiti State with a population of 221,406 according to the
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Assessment of environmental impact of …
OF GEMSTONE MINING IN IJERO-EKITI, NIGERIA . T.B. Afeni 1*, F. Ibitolu 2. 1 Federal University of Techno logy Akure, Akure, Nigeria. 2 City College of New York, New York, United States
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Ecological impact of mining on soils of Southwestern Nigeria
This paper investigated the current status of soils from three mine sites (Awo, Itagunmodi and Ijero-Ekiti) in Southwestern Nigeria. Composite soil samples were collected at 0 to 15 cm depth, air-dried and analysed for physical, chemical properties and heavy metal contents (cadmium, copper, lead, arsenic and iron) using routine procedures with atomic …
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Geochemical characteristics of unexplored mine …
Abstract . Waste materials from mining tailings, often contain significant amounts of potentially valuable minerals. This study aimed at unearthing the valuable minerals in …
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Assessment of Radon Concentration of Ground Water in Ijero Ekiti
Assessment of radon concentration in ground water in Ijero, Ekiti State, was carried out using the RAD7/RAD H 2 0 driven alpha spectrometry technique. The results were used to estimate the annual ...
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Comparative effect of lateritic shield in groundwater
The research area is located in the North-Eastern part of Ijero-Ekiti, a mining site and its environment (Fig. 1). It is located between Latitudes 7º 49′36″ N and 7º 49′53″ N; Longitudes 5º 3′58″ E and 5º4′19″ E; with an elevation above sea level of 532 m.
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Mining: Group identifies child labour, gender abuse in Ekiti …
Deloraine explained that the issues of child labour and gender abuse were dominant in Ire-Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area and Ijero-Ekiti, saying that the policy dialogue would afford the ...
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Ekiti 2022: making a case for a new face with new ideas in …
Deji Adeniyi, a writer, community organizer, and social entrepreneur is a native of Ijero–Ekiti. In this article. Ekiti; Wale Akinde; Related. Reps member pledges justice for murdered FUOYE ...
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IJERO-EKITI: A town at the mercy of illegal miners
From Ijero-Ekiti one can go to Abuja thus the place is popular because of its location and the fact that it is a route to Abuja, the federal capital. ... The mining sites have recorded a lot of ...
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Industrial minerals potentials of Ijero pegmatite in …
The Industrial minerals found here after mapping and sampling 12 mining pits includes minerals typically found in igneous rocks (such …
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Assessment of Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale …
Ijero area comprises of Ijero-Ekiti with other component towns including Ikoro- Ekiti, Iroko- Ekiti, Ayegunle-Ekiti, Ipoti-Ekiti, Iloro-Ekiti, Temidire-Ekiti, Ilukuno-Ekiti and others are Epe-Ekiti, Ara-Ekiti, Araromi-Ekiti, Oke Oro-Ekiti and Odo Owa -Ekiti. The area covers 473.5km2. This study is limited to Ijero-Ekiti where most of the mineral
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Brief Description Some Industrial Minerals Locally …
... Ijero, on 7° 46′ 00′′ N and longitude 5° 5′ 00′′ E is located in Ekiti state, southwest Nigeria. This area is renowned for pegmatite hosting minerals such as tourmaline, kaolin, and barites...
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(PDF) Intrinsic Parametric Approach to Groundwater …
The study has been able to detect the groundwater yield and the protective capacity of the overburden in the northeastern part of Ijero-Ekiti where a mining site is located using electrical method.
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Characterization and Beneficiation of Nigerian Lithium Ore
The results of the analysis indicate high presence of Li, Be, Cs, and Rb contents, the average Li values of 1859 ppm, 1778 ppm, and 1656 ppm were recorded for Oke-Asa, Oke-Igbo Aba, and Ijero Ekiti, respectively. The research established that Ijero-Aramoko pegmatite field could be a potential source of lithium ore in Nigeria .
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Geochemical characteristics of unexplored mine tailings …
The aim of this study is to geochemically identify the distribution of minerals in the tailings of Ijero Ekiti tailings physicochemical characteristics and X-Ray Flourescence spectrometry. 2. Tailings sampling . A total of 24 tailing samples were collected from different locations in Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti state, Nigeria. It is located 7.82
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Assessment of Natural Radiation Exposure Level in Ekiti …
The natural environmental radiation levels were assessed within a mine tunnel in Ijero-Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The assessment of the radiation level within the mine ...
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Putting small-scale mining in perspective: an analysis of …
Quantitative responses from a systematic random sampling of 506 residents of Ijero-Ekiti mining community (southwestern Nigeria) are presented with an emphasis on risk perception and management measures. By ranking 21 variables identified through an extensive literature review, residents' tolerance index (RTI) and resident agreement index ...
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Radiation dose assessment of soil from Ijero Ekiti, Nigeria
The activity concentration of 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K in the soils of mining and living areas of Ijero Ekiti were determined using hyper pure germanium gamma ray spectrometer. The mean concentrations of 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K were found to be 128.05 Bqkg −1, 24.8 Bqkg −1 and 455.05 Bqkg −1, respectively, for mining areas, while it was ...
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Industrial Minerals Potentials of Ijero Pegmatite in Ekiti …
inclusive. Ijero pegmatite is wholly crystalline igneous rock located in about 50km NW of Ado-Ekiti with coordinates 7°49' N and 5°5'E and is mineralized. The Industrial minerals …
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SPECIAL REPORT: Illegal miners degrade Ekiti community, …
The mining site in Ijero-Ekiti / Credit: Abdulwasiu Olokooba. Heaps of gravel surround the mining site. The stones are first excavated before reaching the muddy earth from which the minerals are ...
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Ecological and human health risk associated with potentially …
ABSTRACT. Ground, surface and mine water samples of the Ijero-Ekiti mining area of Nigeria were assessed for their quality. Also, the ecological and human health risks associated with potentially toxic metals in them were also considered.
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Radiation dose assessment of soil from Ijero Ekiti, …
The natural radioactivity contents of soils from Ijero mining and living areas had been measured using hyper pure germanium detector. It was revealed that the mining area …
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Geochemical characteristics of unexplored mine tailings in Ijero Ekiti
Geochemical characteristics of unexplored mine tailings in Ijero Ekiti, Nigeria
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Geophysical characterisation of rare earth element and …
Traverse 1 (UTM coordinates: 728387E, 865759N and 728787E, 865759N) was located at a mining site in Ijero Ekiti. Meanwhile, traverse 2 (UTM coordinates: 726802E, 856007N and 727202E, 856007N) was situated in Aramoko Ekiti along Ijero – Aramoko road (Fig. 8). The double dipole electrode configuration was employed in this …
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