Which african country is believed to contain half of the world's gold deposits?

The African country that is believed to contain half of the world's gold deposits is the South Africa. Diamond and gold discoveries played an important part in the growth of early South African . A site northeast of Cape Town was discovered to have rich deposits of diamonds, and thousands rushed to the area of Kimberley in an attempt to profit from the discovery. The British later annexed the region of Griqualand West, an area which included the diamond fields