Published on 10/16/2023 at 2:42 p.m. by Linda Manga
Teams from the Ministry of Mines began this Monday, October 16, 2023, the regularization campaign for Gabonese artisanal miners.
The vast regularization campaign for national artisans which began today will consist of the delivery to Gabonese mining artisans of official cards which will allow them to now operate completely legally. In fact, the government decided a few weeks ago to resume gold panning activity in Gabon. Thus, measures have been taken to ensure that this activity is carried out within standards.
This is why for the resumption of this activity, the government wishes to ensure that the sites selected for artisanal mining comply with environmental standards, in accordance with the mining law in force in Gabon. Also, that the gold mining process respects the Ethical and Environmental Charter to which each artisan commits when subscribing to the artisanal mining card with the Ministry of Mines.
Note that after Ndjolé and the rest of the Middle Ogooué province (from October 16 to November 5, 2023), the teams from the Ministry of Mines will continue to the provinces of Woleu-Ntem and Ngounié (from November 13 to December 3 2023), Nyanga (from December 4 to December 11, 2023), Ogooué-Ivindo (from December 6 to December 26, 2023), Haut-Ogooué (from December 14 to December 23, 2023), Ogooué -Lolo (from December 24, 2023 to January 13, 2024) and finally, from the Estuary (from December 29, 2023 to January 4, 2024).
