The closing ceremony of the Artisanal Miners’ Day (JAM) took place on 22 July 2023 in Gaoua. Prizes were awarded at the ceremony. This second edition of the JAM was positively appreciated by all the authorities.
In his closing speech, the President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, speaking through the Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries, Simon-Pierre Boussim, commented on the activities of the JAM in the following terms: “The second edition of the JAM dealt with themes that shed light on the mechanisms for formalising the artisanal mining sector, with a view to improving the sector’s socio-economic benefits for the well-being of all artisans and, by extension, the entire population of Burkina Faso”.
According to the President of the Transition: “the formalisation of artisanal mining is not an option, it is a necessity. A necessity that depends on the patriotic commitment of all those involved in artisanal mining”. He hopes that the patriotic commitment of artisanal miners will also result in a massive formalisation of their members.
The Chairman also listed the recommendations made by the artisanal miners, which include putting in place mechanisms to make it easier for artisanal miners to access areas for their mining activities, setting up and leading global technical committees to prevent and settle land disputes at each site, improving the safety of activities on sites to enable site managers to enforce compliance with regulations, and creating permanent consultation frameworks between the mining administration, artisanal miners and mining companies.
“These recommendations will not go unheeded. I commit the ministry in charge of mines to examining all these recommendations and to working to continue exchanges with the stakeholders in order to implement, as far as possible, the conclusions and recommendations of this JAM”, concluded the President of the transition, through the voice of Minister Simon-Pierre Boussim.
Minister Simon-Pierre Boussim finds cause for satisfaction in the cheerfulness with which craftsmen make donations to the Ministry to help secure the region.
The Gaoua Bifaté II canton chief expressed his delight at JAM 2023 and the choice of his locality. He urged all artisanal miners to take all the necessary steps to obtain the documents required to carry out their activities.
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