Mauritania | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
1/12/2020#0183;#32;Gold: 25: million ounces: Copper: 28: million metric tons: Large copper deposits are located in the centre of the country. Iron: : billion metric tons: Quartz: 12: million metric tons: Gypsum: 9: billion metric tons: Mauritania has the largest gypsum deposit in the world, located around Sebkha NDrhamcha, on the coast north of Nouakchott. Phosphates: 29: million metric tons