Local company Codias to develop Cameroon's first industrial gold mine
According to this institution, the Colomine gold project will be the country's first industrial gold mine, thus guaranteeing the traceability of the ore mined and making Cameroon a gold-producing country known on the international mining scene. Moreover, this project will allow the establishment of a mining value chain around gold. ...
Mining Law in Cameroon: A Blueprint for Investors in …
4 Investor s Guide. û2010 ü. Cameroon ñ The New Destination for Mining in Africa, p. 4. 5 The World Folio .(2011) Mining Potential Abounds . Available at (Lastly accessed on 7th May 2024). Examples of Mining companies in Cameroon includes Mining Inc, Cam Iron SA, Geovic
Study on the gold and diamond trading sectors in Cameroon
The study on the marketing of gold and diamonds in Cameroon was motivated by the observation that artisanal and semi-mechanised mining does not sufficiently benefit the local development of the population and does not contribute to state revenues. ... Artisanal gold mining is of some socio-economic importance, with gold panning practised in ...
Groundbreaking global mining convention kicks off in …
The Cameroon International Mining Convention, CIMEC, has begun at the Yaounde Conference Centre. The groundbreaking global convention, which pulls together delegates from within and beyond the CEMAC Subregion, is set to make the nation's capital city, Yaounde, the new world centre for financial negotiation of mining projects.
Map of mining activities in Cameroon.
Cameroon has a strong geological potential for a number of mineral resources that, if well managed, could support economic growth. The country contains potentially large deposits of iron ore, gold ...
Unregulated gold mining is costing lives in Cameroon's East …
Semi-mechanised mining in Cameroon is still governed by the Mining Code of 2001 and a series of decrees, the last of which was signed on 4 July 2014, two years before the new text was adopted. ... Faced with an artisanal gold mining rush, the Cameroonian government is struggling to structure and regulate the largely lawless sector, which, due ...
Cameroon Biya rejects move by his son's associates to take …
The company Codias is continuing its development work on the Colomine gold mining project, located in the Eastern region, despite a turbulent year. During this time, its …
Challenges with formalizing artisanal and small-scale mining …
The informal character of Cameroon's gold mining economy has been overlooked in discussions on the growing population of Chinese small-scale business operators throughout Africa. The recent rapid proliferation of Chinese actors into the informal gold mining economy in the country has reinforced negative perceptions of the sector; it has also ...
Cameroon Gold Production, 1990 – 2024
101 rowsCameroon Gold Production was reported at 300.000 kg in Dec 2022. This records a …
(PDF) Impact of Artisanal Gold Mining on Human Health …
There is no Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) system for the mining sector in Cameroon, and miners are exposed to numerous health and safety risks inherent from Artisanal Gold Mining (AGM ...
(PDF) Minerals in Cameroon
Images of artisanal gold mining in the East of Cameroon 8 • According to the W o rld Bank's rank ing of 2019, the ease o f doing bus iness in Camero on is ranked 167 out o f 190 econom ies ...
Mining
Mining. Cameroon cuts diamond and gold export duties by 50% to control illegal exits. The Cameroonian government, in its 2023 Finance Act, announced it is cutting diamond and gold export duties by 50%. The fees will now be 5% of the FOB...
MINMIDT'S PROJECTS – CIMEC
The project to mine the Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore deposit was carried out by CAMEROON MINING COMPANY SARL pursuant to Decree No. 2022/395 of 17 August 2022 giving the mining licence No. 781 to the said company. The project actually started on the 22 of December 2023 with deposit's reserves of approximately 805 million tonnes with an average iron ...
CHAMBERS GLOBAL PRACTICE GUIDES Mining 2023
state's interests in the share capital of mining companies. The mining industry in Cameroon is attractive. The Mining Code, for example, establishes a system of fiscal and customs incentives for investors in both the exploration and exploitation phases of their mining projects. The mining industry in Cameroon is in perpetual
Bonas Gold
Exceptional gold mining and trading company located in the Bertoua, Eastern Region of Cameroon. If you are looking forward to invest in gold business in Africa in general and Cameroon in particular, BONAS GOLD is is your perfect partner. ... The mining code for Cameroon has for many years encouraged artisanal and other forms of mining. To dig ...
Oriole, BCM to enter into earn-in agreements on Cameroon gold …
Aim-listed Oriole Resources has signed two nonbinding heads of terms (HoT) with Ghana-based contractor BCM International to fast-track development of the Bibemi and Mbe gold projects, in Cameroon.
Environmental impact of artisanal and small-scale gold …
Geochemistry and geostatistics for trace metal contamination in soil and sediment in abandoned artisanal small-scale gold mining (Bétaré-Oya, Cameroon)
History of Gold Mining in Cameroon
Currently, Cameroon gold is mainly mined by small-scale artisans. In fact, according to the government, the estimate of small-scale artisanal mining produced about 16,653kgs of gold between 2010 and 2015. The gold mining …
Chinese companies criticized for mercury pollution in Cameroon
Civil society groups have raised the alarm over pollution of rivers in eastern and northern Cameroon by gold mining companies. The Centre for Environment and Development says two Chinese companies ...
The impact of gold mining exploitation on the
This paper evaluates the impact of gold mining activity on surface water quality in the locality of Batouri (East, Cameroon). Water samples were collected from five separate points. These water samples were characterized from a physicochemical point of view. This characterization consisted to determine the hydrogen potential, the alkalinity, the electrical …
Gold Mining Challenges in Cameroon
At present, Cameroon gold is basically mined by limited scope craftsmans. Truth be told, as indicated by the public authority, the gauge of limited scope distinctive mining created around 16,653 kgs of gold somewhere in the range of 2010 and 2015. Gold mining in Cameroon can be followed back to 1930 during the provincial organization. Records ...
Le Cameroun sécurise 640 Kg d'or en 2024, pour booster ses …
Au cours de l'année 2024, la Société nationale des mines (Sonamines) a collecté pour le compte de l'État du Cameroun, un volume de 640 Kg d'or. Le chiffre a été révélé par le …
In pictures: Children working in Cameroon gold mines …
Some of these children look younger than 10 years old and yet they are already working in the gold mine in Kambele, a village near the town of Batouri, located in the East Region of the country, not far from the border with the Central African Republic. ... Cameroon's artisanal mining industry produces an estimated two tonnes of gold each ...
Mining Cameroon's Gold & Mineral Resources
Currently, Cameroon gold is mainly mined by small-scale artisans. In fact, according to the government, the estimate of small-scale artisanal mining produced about 16,653kgs of gold between 2010 and 2015. History of Gold …
ARTISANAL GOLD MINING AND ITS ADVERSE IMPACTS …
ARTISANAL GOLD MINING AND ITS ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NGOYLA-MINTOM FOREST MASSIF, CAMEROON BY KEVIN NWOKWANTOUE FUNOH1, CLEMENT ANGUH NKWEMOH* (Ph.D), JULIUS TIEGUHONG CHUPEZI2 (Ph.D)1, PROF.MOÏSE MOUPOU* ABSTRACT. Artisanal gold mining is an activity which provides income and employment to …
Evaluation of land use/land cover changes due to gold mining …
Gold mining activities began around 1934 at the artisanal stage and became semi-mechanized around 2004 in eastern Cameroon, with the emergence of exploration and mining companies in the region. This paper aims at monitoring Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) changes between 1987 and 2017 among Bétaré-Oya, Ngoura and Batouri Districts which are …
Treacherous pits and lakes left in the wake of Cameroon's …
In a 2022 report on semi-mechanized mining in Cameroon, the Cameroonian organization the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) found that mining contributes to the destruction of forest ...
2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor: …
and use of dangerous chemicals including mercury. The Government of Cameroon banned the presence of children at mining sites in August 2021, but research indicates that child labor continues to be widespread in the sector. (2,9,10,18,19) Several crises within Cameroon and in neighboring countries have heightened children's vulnerability. (20)
Cameroon: The human cost of artisanal gold mining
But artisanal gold mining in eastern Cameroon comes with considerable risks, as villagers and animals alike easily fall into these gold pits and die. Nearly 200 people died in the mines of the East and Adamawa regions of Cameroon between 2014 and June 2022, according to the human rights and environmental watchdog, Forêts et Développement ...
'Gold pits have become tombs': mining leaves a tragic legacy in Cameroon
The ruthless quest for gold in eastern Cameroon has left the landscape peppered with deadly open pits. It was the last day of the summer holidays when, on his way to meet friends in his hometown of Batouri, eastern Cameroon, 12-year-old Saustem Brandon Samba slipped on reddish mud and fell into what at first looked like a large puddle. The puddle turned out to be …