aux ite . ▁Despite ▁holding ▁large ▁min eral ▁resources , ▁Guinea , ▁with ▁ 9 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people , ▁has ▁a ▁low ▁income ▁level , ▁with ▁the ▁average ▁w age ▁less ▁than ▁one ▁doll ar ▁a ▁day . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁two ▁dozen ▁international ▁companies ▁associated ▁with ▁min ing ▁operations ▁in ▁Guinea . ▁The ▁domestic ▁ag encies ▁involved ▁with ▁min ing ▁are ▁the ▁Association ▁pour ▁la ▁recherche ▁et ▁l ' Exp lo itation ▁du ▁Diam ant ▁et ▁de ▁l ' Or , ▁Fr igu ia ▁Sal , ▁Sig uri ▁Gold , ▁and ▁Société ▁AM IG ▁M ining ▁International ▁S AR L . ▁ ▁Com mod ities ▁Min er als ▁extracted ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁by ▁private - public ▁joint ▁enter pr ises ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁the ▁Government ▁of ▁Guinea ▁include ▁b aux ite , ▁iron ▁ore , ▁and ▁diam onds . ▁Other ▁resources ▁m ined ▁are ▁c ement , ▁gold , ▁salt , ▁graph ite , ▁lim estone , ▁mang an ese , ▁nick el , ▁and ▁u ran ium . ▁A ▁major ▁developer ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁b aux ite ▁min ing ▁is ▁the ▁Al um ina ▁Company ▁of ▁Guinea ▁( AC G - F ria ), ▁which ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁F ria ; ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁Guinea ▁holds ▁a ▁ 4 9 % ▁share ▁while ▁the ▁Reyn olds ▁Met als ▁Company ▁holds ▁the ▁ 5 1 % ▁balance ▁in ▁this ▁enter prise . ▁Another ▁partner ▁in ▁b aux ite ▁min ing ▁is ▁ ▁( CB G