Permanent quarry exploitation authorisation

What it allows

To open and work the quarry in the quantities and for the destinations the order specifies, to occupy the land needed for extraction and ancillary activities, and to dispose of what is extracted.

Who may apply

Any natural or legal person under Guinean law. If the land is privately owned you must first get the owner to sell it to you or make it available: they may also refuse, and their refusal ends the application.

An individualA company

At a glance

What it costs

• Fixed grant dutyGNF 5,000,000

  Payable when it is issued · Arrêté conjoint du Ministre chargé des Mines et du Ministre chargé des Finances fixant les droits fixes et redevances du secteur minier

• Annual surface fee (per hectare)GNF 250,000

  Payable every year · Arrêté conjoint du Ministre chargé des Mines et du Ministre chargé des Finances fixant les droits fixes et redevances du secteur minier

Total, filing and issueGNF 5,000,000

What to bring

Some of these depend on your answers; the list narrows as you fill the form in.

• Title deed to the land

  Required if What is your position in relation to the land? is one of I own the land or The owner has sold it to me

  Code minier, art. 65 à 73 (autorisations de carrières)

• Instrument making the land available

  Must state the term. When the making-available ends, the owner is entitled to require the site to be made good (article 68).

  Required if What is your position in relation to the land? is one of The owner is making it available to me for a fixed term or Land in the State’s private domain, made available

  Code minier, art. 65 à 73 (autorisations de carrières)

• Environmental and social impact assessment

  Article 69 makes it mandatory for a permanent quarry, on the same conditions as for a mining exploitation permit.

  Code minier, titre IV, chapitre VII (de l’environnement et de la santé)

• Plan for rehabilitating the site after working

  Reviewed at every renewal. It is what separates, on paper, a quarry being worked from a quarry that has been abandoned.

  Code minier, art. 70 (validité des autorisations de carrières)

• Extraction plan

  Phasing, height of the faces, access tracks, and the terms on which the land needed for ancillary activities is occupied.

  Code minier, art. 70 (validité des autorisations de carrières)

Before you start

• The landowner’s agreement, or the deed of sale, or the making-available of the land.
• The coordinates of the quarry perimeter.
• The environmental and social impact assessment, with the site rehabilitation plan.
• The quantities you plan to extract each year, and what they are for.

How it is handled

1. Completeness check

   10 days

2. Preparation and cadastral assessment (DNM)

   20 days

3. Opinions of the administrative and local authorities

   45 days

4. Technical and environmental assessment

   30 days

5. Opinion of the National Mining Commission

   30 days

6. Decision

   15 days

7. Order of the Minister

   15 days

8. Notification

   2 days

If the answer is no

An appeal may be lodged with the Minister for Mines within two months of notification, and then before the competent administrative court. A refusal by the landowner is not an administrative decision and cannot be challenged before the administration.

The texts this rests on

• Code minier, art. 65 à 73 (autorisations de carrières)
• Code minier, art. 69 (attribution des autorisations de carrières)
• Code minier, art. 70 (validité des autorisations de carrières)

Versions of this procedure

• Version 1 · 2026-01-01In force