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Primera Gold boosts exports of Gold from Artisanal Mining in DRC

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Constance

It was the Economic Situation Committee (CCE) that made this observation during its weekly meeting on Wednesday March 22 around the Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge. According to the Minister of State in charge of the Budget, Aimé Boji Sangara, the Economic Committee noted with satisfaction that since the entry into activity of Primera Gold in January 2023, there has been an improvement in the export of gold from the artisanal sector. Primera Gold achieved 77% export of artisanal gold. “So the export of gold from the artisanal sector in… Read More Here

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Tshela to Become a Center for Trading Precious Materials in Kongo Central

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Constance

The province of Kongo Central is committed to reviving its mining industry. This is evidenced by the adoption by the Provincial Council of Ministers, on March 15, 2023, of the project to create a trading center for precious materials in the city of Tshela. This decision is part of the implementation of the provincial strategic plan for the revival of the mining industry. Note that the purpose of the new trading center is to meet several needs. This includes cleaning up the trade sector for artisanal mining minerals. It is also a… Read More Here

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Primera Gold Exported 354 kilos of Artisanal Gold in 51 days

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Constance

Primera Gold exported, in fifty-one (51) days, a total volume of 354 kg of gold from artisanal mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These figures were provided by the Congolese Minister of Finance, Nicolas Kazadi, via his Twitter account on Friday March 10, 2023. Minister Nicolas Kazadi did not specify details on where this quantity of artisanal gold was purchased. In February 2023, Nicolas Kazadi had already announced that 207 kilograms of gold from artisanal mining were exported, mainly from the provinces of South Kivu and Ituri. Since… Read More Here

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Over 2,000 Artisanal Mining sites exist in Mozambique

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Constance

Over 2,160 artisanal mining sites have been identified in Mozambique as part of the Artisanal Mining Census. The results have been published by the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, in coordination with the National Statistics Institute (INE). According to Thursday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Notícias”, the data show that, of the total sites, 1,577 are active with 31 per cent dedicated to gold mining. In 2021. artisanal mining involved 806,957 people, corresponding to 2.6 per cent of the country’s population. Three-quarters of the miners have this activity as… Read More Here

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Establishment of a commission to demilitarize artisanal mining sites in Haut-Katanga

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 arnbethnic

The provincial authorities of Haut-Katanga – the DRC’s capital of copper – decided, during a security council held on Tuesday, September 21, 2022, to set up an inter-service commission to demilitarize the artisanal mining quarries in this part of the Republic. Democratic Republic of the Congo. On behalf of the provincial government of Haut-Katanga, the provincial minister of interior and security acknowledged that despite the provincial executive’s ban, the military is still visible in artisanal mining quarries. “About the demilitarization of artisanal mining quarries, an inter-services commission will go to… Read More Here

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Haut-Uélé and Ituri: several foreign companies carry out artisanal mining under the cover of political and military authorities

September 4, 2022September 4, 2022 arnbethnic

The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of Ituri and Haut-Uélé presented the results of its analyzes on the issue of artisanal and small-scale mining in these two provinces. It was during a restitution workshop organized on Thursday, September 01, 2022, in Kinshasa. This analysis has identified 3 persistent problems that are causing millions of US dollars to escape from the Congolese state, which are destroying the present and future generation. These include in particular: – The stagnation of the formalization process of the artisanal mining sector; – Mining by foreigners, most of whom… Read More Here

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Artisanal gold mining at the center of exchanges between Godard Motemona and the provincial ministers of South Kivu, Maniema and the USAID representative

August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 admin

The city of Kinshasa hosted, on August 24 to 25, 2022, a seminar with the aim of taking stock and evaluating the behavior of the Artisanal Gold Traceability Initiative (ITOA) since its launch. . It is in this context that the Deputy Minister of Mines, Godard Motemona received in audience the same Thursday evening, a sample of actors who took part in these meetings. During these exchanges, the hosts made the restitution of the resolutions resulting from these days of reflection to the Vice-Minister. Facing the press, the Provincial Minister of… Read More Here

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DRC: SAEMAPE sensitizes mining operators on the process of granting technical advice

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 admin

The Deputy Director General in charge of technical issues within the Assistance and Supervision Service for Artisanal Small-Scale Mining (SAEMAPE), Eliane Poto Poto, is staying in the provinces of Haut-Katanga and Lualaba where she speaks with miners on specific issues relating to artisanal mining. The presence of Eliane Poto Poto is part of the awareness campaign for the improvement of mining cooperatives. Its main mission is to harmonize the various mining cooperatives and evaluate the management of the provincial services of SAEMAPE in Haut-Katanga and Lualaba. A first in this part of… Read More Here

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DRC: the six evils that hinder the development of artisanal mining

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 admin

The development of artisanal mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains hampered by several ills. These include lack of information; insufficient financial and technical resources; the invasion of concession areas; the presence of foreigners on artisanal mining sites as well as fiscal pressure and environmental problems. This is at least what emerges from the workshop organized by the Ministry of Mines from July 9 to 11, 2022 in Zongo in the province of Kongo Central. During these three days of work, the participants in the workshop on the standardization of artisanal mining… Read More Here

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Invasion of artisanal miners in the KCC site: Godard Motemona reassures prompt return of peace

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 admin

The Deputy Minister of Mines, Godard Motemona met, on Tuesday, June 14, with the caucus of deputies of Lualaba on the issue related to the invasion by artisanal miners from this province to the facilities of the mining company Kamoto Copper Company KCC. Evicted from their mining area in Lualaba, the artisanal miners invaded the site of the KCC mining company. The deputies of Lualaba met the Deputy Minister of Mines, Godard Motemona with a view to demanding the involvement of the government in order to restore calm between the two… Read More Here