T.M. Babu

Dr. T.M. Babu is an exploration geologist with nearly five decades of worldwide experience and author of books on diamonds, platinium, tin, mining and metal production, and many scientific publications. He worked earlier in Geological Survey of India and later with several international organizations based in Kyrgyzstan-Russia, China, Japan, Indonasia, USA, Canada, Guyana-South America, and in various African countries like DR Congo, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Togo, South Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan. He is popularly known as "Tin Babu"as he worked extensively on tin metal, discovered the largest deposit in Bastar Central India, got PhD for his research on tin and published his first book on tin in 1994. He got Government of India National Mineral Award and Geological Society of India award in recognition of his works. Now he is working as Vice President of African Resources Group in Africa. This book is the outcome of about ten years of his rigorous research work visiting many gold mines and markets around the world.