Tanzania just became somewhat more important.

[jaF0]

With world supplies running out, the find is a "game-changer", say geologists at Durham and Oxford universities.

Helium is used in hospitals in MRI scanners as well as in spacecraft, telescopes and radiation monitors.

Until now, the precious gas has been discovered only in small quantities during oil and gas drilling.

Using a new exploration approach, researchers found large quantities of helium within the Tanzanian East African Rift Valley.

They say resources in just one part of the Rift valley are enough to fill more than a million medical MRI scanners.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36651048

 

[Saint Peter]

And we keep filling Happy Birthday balloons with the shit.

Humans are doomed.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Unexploited African resources are becoming quite important these days. The Congo is a huge supplier of rare earths used in semi-conductors and other electronics.

 

[pensivepoet]

If that were true, I'd see Tanzania float by every now and then.

 

[Hard_Rom]

If that were true, I'd see Tanzania float by every now and then.

It's what has been keeping them from falling into the Rift Valley. Maybe they should sell it to the Chinese who can pump it back underground beneath Peking.

 

[Pairaclities]

What is the name and market symbol of the company exploiting the resource?