Ministry of Mines in DRC Recovers Only 3 kg of gold from artisanal mining in the first half of 2020, fraud is doing well
Statistics from the Ministry of Mines on gold exports in the first half of the year reveal massive fraud in artisanal mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Indeed, during the first six months of the year, the competent services of the Ministry of Mines were only able to trace 3.25 kg of gold for export during the period.
According to the Ministry of Mines, the DRC exported in the first half of 2020 a total volume of 15,642.64 kg of gold for a value of 580 million 670 912 USD.
However, almost all of these exports were provided by the company Kibali Gold Mine which exported 15,636.14 Kg of gold in the first half of 2020 for a value of 580 million 392,096 USD.
According to IMPACT, an independent non-profit organization that works together with local partners to achieve lasting change, between 15 and 22 tonnes of artisanal gold is smuggled out of the DRC.
In its report published in 2020 a report on the smuggling of artisanal gold in the DRC, entitled “Les intermediaries. These traders who undermine the efforts of the Democratic Republic of Congo in favor of conflict-free gold production ”, IMPACT maintains that no less than 98% of artisanal gold is smuggled out of the DRC. This observation has been made since 2013 by the United Nations Expert Group and remains to this day.
