President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned Wagagai Gold Mine, the biggest gold project in Uganda.

The gold mine, with proven reserves of 9.224 square kilometres with 30 million tonnes of proven reserves of gold ore at an average grade of 0.81 gramme of gold per tonne of ore, is situated in Alupe in the southeastern district of Busia on the border with Kenya.

Run by Wagagai Mining Uganda Company Limited, the gold plant has in place state-of-the-art refinery capable of producing 99.9 percent pure gold suitable for direct use. The plant is is expected to process 5,000 tonnes of gold ore per day and produce 1.2 metric tonnes of refined gold a year.