Regional mining hub
Description
Senegal aims to become a mining country through the implementation of a strategy for the full exploitation of mineral resources. This expected change in the socio-economic fabric of Senegal must necessarily be accompanied by the creation of a favorable ecosystem capable of meeting the future needs of players in the mining sector.
With this in mind, the Flagship Project “Regional Mining Hub” will position Senegal as the first reference center in the mining services sub-region by attracting internationally renowned mining service providers and operators.
With the growth of the mining sector in Senegal marked by the recent discoveries of gold deposits (Mako, Makabingui, Boto and Massawa-Sofia) and phosphate (Cherif Lo/Ngakham, Begal and Kébémer) and in West Africa , this flagship project will provide players in the mining sector with the logistical, material and human resources necessary for their development.
Major Achievements:
- In the same sense, having experienced a delay in its development, following a lack of financing but also a lack of institutional support (moving from one ministry to another), to allow Senegal to derive better profit from exploitation mines, the flagship “Regional Mining Hub” project was structured in 2022 through a Lab. This project is currently in its implementation phase with the Ministry of Industrial Development and Small and Medium Industries (MDIPMI) with the upcoming contracting of a partner within the framework of PPP governance and land security for the Kédougou sites. (Bembou), Tambacounda (Sitoko), Thiès (Mékhé) and Dakar (Sendou).
