– strengthening ONASSIM and providing it with a military intervention force
– promoting new mining technologies
– strengthening the capacities of artisanal miners and institutional actors
– recommendations will not be put aside, reassures the Minister of Mines and Quarries, Jean Alphonse Somé
The first edition of the Mining Artisan Day (#JAM) took place from the 14th to the 15th of July 2022, at the Ouaga 2000 conference hall.
The participants made strong recommendations that will clean up the sector and also contribute to the return of security on the gold panning sites and in the country. These recommendations include:
-the reorganisation of the artisanal mining sub-sector in response to security challenges
-the observation of the suspension of artisanal gold mining in order to allow a reorganisation of the sub-sector
-strengthening the operational capacities of institutional actors in the artisanal mining sector
– strengthening the capacities of artisanal miners in terms of good practices in the extraction and processing of ore
– strengthening the National Office for the Security of Mining Sites (ONASSIM) and making it operational (providing a military intervention force);
-encouraging local initiatives to secure the sites;
– the establishment of an effective system of supervision and control of those subject to the non-financial sector
– the promotion of new technologies available through the National Agency for the Supervision of Artisanal and Semi-Mechanised Mining (ANEEMAS) and ensuring the effectiveness of the prerogatives granted to it:
The Minister of Mines and Quarries, Jean Alphonse Somé, assured that the recommendations resulting from the work of this first edition of the JAM will not be put aside. Cross-cutting issues that concern other departments will also be taken into account, he said. The mining artisans, through their various organisations, are committed to supporting the government in its efforts to reorganise the sector.
