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Rwanda seeks to woo investors in bid to explore hydrocarbons

Miners at a tunnel at Rutongo Mines in Rulindo District, Rwanda. The country is the second largest manufacturer of Tantalum from Coltan ore. [Photo:Courtesy]

East African Nation, Rwanda is seeking to partner with oil and gas companies to explore Lake Kivu for hydrocarbons, said a state official from the mines, petroleum and gas board.

According to chief executive of Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board Francis Gatare, Rwanda has already conducted shallow drilling in the methane gas producing lake for geochemistry tests in the west of the country.

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