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Sierra Leone is a resource-rich country, with extensive known and potential mineral and petroleum resources. However, knowledge about the geology of the country is limited, with very little modern data in the public domain, and this hinders sustainable development of these resources for the national good. The lack of data is now being addressed by the Extractive Industries Technical Assistance Programme Phase 2 (EITAP 2) which is funded by the World Bank, and which aims to deliver a national airborne geophysical survey and subsequent geological mapping of the country (World Bank, 2017<ref name="World Bank 2017">WORLD BANK. 2017. Project Appraisal Document, Extractive Industries Technical Assistance Project Phase 2. </ref>).

Alongside EITAP 2, the UK government is funding the British Geological Survey (BGS) to work in partnership with relevant institutions in Sierra Leone, including the National Minerals Agency (NMA), the Petroleum Directorate (PD) and Fourah Bay College (FBC), to build their capacity to collect, manage and disseminate geological data. As part of that work, a field reconnaissance was carried out across Sierra Leone in January 2018 to assess the state of current geological mapping, visit mines and exploration projects, and to discuss how best to plan and carry out a mapping programme. The field trip was led by three British Geological Survey (BGS) staff members (Kathryn Goodenough, Jon Ford, and Darren Jones) together with 11 geologists from the NMA, two geologists from the PD, and two staff members from the Geology Department at Fourah Bay College. Pauline Scott and Avril Jamieson from the Department for International Development (DFID) joined the first two days of the trip.

This report describes the conclusions arising from that field reconnaissance and associated literature review, including a baseline assessment of the current geological mapping of Sierra Leone, and suggestions for next steps. Some information is also derived from separate field visits to the AMR Gold licence area in the Loko Hills (April 2017) and coastal outcrops in the Lungi area (June 2017).

Areas visited during the January 2018 reconnaissance are listed below:

::Day 1: Freetown to Makeni and visit to the Marampa mine site

::Day 2: Makeni to Batkanu, on to Port Loko and return to Makeni

::Day 3: Makeni to Kabala

::Day 4: Around the northern part of the Sula Mountains

::Day 5: Makeni to Koidu

::Day 6: Rest morning, afternoon at Koidu Ltd

::Day 7: Morning at Meya Mining, afternoon drive to Kenema

::Day 8: Kambui Hills and geology around Kenema

::Day 9: Outcrops at Bo and visit to Allotropes Diamonds to see core, drive to Sierra Rutile

::Day 10: Morning at Sierra Rutile and return to Freetown
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