In Burkina Faso, the mining authorities authorise mining and quarrying activities. Authorisation acts are grouped into 02 main categories according to the importance attached to them. These are permits and authorisations.
Permits include exploration permits, large and small-scale industrial mining permits and semi-mechanised mining permits. Under authorisations, there are authorisations to mine masses consisting of heaps, mine dumps and tailings from quarrying operations, authorisations for the permanent industrial exploitation of quarry substances and authorisations for the semi-mechanised exploitation of quarry substances.
The conditions of access to a mining permit are described in the law N° 036-2015/CNT of 26 June 2015 on the Mining Code of Burkina Faso.
Article 39 states that a technical commission is responsible for issuing an opinion on applications for the granting of industrial mining permits, applications for the renewal and transfer of industrial mining permits, and proposals for the withdrawal of industrial mining permits made by the Mining Administration. Following the opinion of this commission, the industrial mining permit for a large or small mine is automatically granted by decree by the Council of Ministers on the report of the Minister responsible for mines. The application for a large or small-scale industrial mining permit must be accompanied by documents, in particular a feasibility study drawn up by an approved firm, including a training and skills transfer plan for local managers and staff and a promotion system for these managers and staff. The feasibility study must also define a plan for anchoring the mining company’s activity in the local and national economy, indicating the upstream and downstream economic links with companies and economic agents, as well as the knock-on effects. The application must also be accompanied by a favourable feasibility opinion from the minister responsible for the environment, based on an environmental and social impact study, an environmental and social management plan and a rehabilitation and closure plan. Authorisation is also required from the National Authority for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety in the case of radioactive mineral substances.
All permits and authorisations may be waived by the beneficiary and withdrawn by the public authorities.
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