Industrial exploitation permit

What it allows

To develop and mine the deposit or deposits described in the feasibility study, to continue exploration connected with mining, and to dispose freely of what is extracted. The permit creates a divisible, leasable movable right which can be pledged to secure borrowing for the mine.

Who may apply

A company incorporated under Guinean law, holding the research permit the exploitation permit derives from. A foreign company holding a research permit must create a Guinean subsidiary for the purpose (article 30-I).

A company

At a glance

What it costs

• Fixed grant duty$25,000.00

  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 (USD 75/km²)$0.75

  Payable every year · Code minier, art. 160 (redevances superficiaires)

Total, filing and issue$25,000.00

What to bring

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

• Copy of the research permit in force

  Required if Status of your research permit is I hold a research permit in force

  Code minier, art. 30 (attribution du permis d’exploitation)

• Proof that the taxes and fees due have been paid

  Must be less than 3 months old

  Code minier, art. 30 (attribution du permis d’exploitation)

• Report on the exploration results

  Nature, quality, volume and location of the mineral resource identified, with the corresponding maps.

  Code minier, art. 30 (attribution du permis d’exploitation)

• Retrocession plan

  Covering half of the previous area, together with the results of the exploration work.

  Code minier, art. 30 (attribution du permis d’exploitation)

• Feasibility study and deposit development plan

  Including the project’s economic and financial analysis, the plans and estimates for the industrial infrastructure, and the detailed timetable of works.

  Code minier, art. 30 (attribution du permis d’exploitation)

• Detailed environmental and social impact assessment

  With the environmental and social management plan, comprising a hazards plan, a risk management plan, a health and safety plan, a rehabilitation plan and a plan for resettling the populations affected.

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

• Guinean enterprise support plan and employment plan

  Creating and building the capacity of Guinean small and medium enterprises, and promoting Guinean employment at least to the quotas the Mining Code sets.

  Code minier, art. 30 (attribution du permis d’exploitation)

• Community development plan

  Annexed to the Local Development Convention, covering training and medical, social, school, road, water and electricity infrastructure among other things. The Convention is signed on obtaining the title.

  Code minier, art. 30 (attribution du permis d’exploitation)

• Architectural plan of the head office and application for a plot

  The head office must be built within three years of the grant for iron ore, bauxite, gold and diamond.

  Code minier, art. 30 (attribution du permis d’exploitation)

• Prior environmental authorisation

  Required where the perimeter covers a protected area (articles 111 and 112).

  Must be less than 24 months old

  Loi L/97/038/AN du 9 décembre 1997 portant Code de protection de la faune sauvage et réglementation de la chasse

• CPDM derogation on the number of vertices

  To be attached only if the perimeter has more than ten vertices. Without it, the perimeter is refused by the geometry check before the file is even filed.

  Code minier, art. 29 (superficie et forme du permis d’exploitation)

Before you start

• The reference of your research permit in force, and proof that the taxes and fees due have been paid.
• The report on the exploration results: nature, quality, volume and location of the resource identified.
• The plan retroceding half of the previous area.
• The feasibility study, with the detailed environmental and social impact assessment and its management plan.
• The community development plan annexed to the Local Development Convention.
• The architectural plan of the company’s head office and the application for a plot.

How it is handled

1. Completeness check

   20 days

2. Preparation and cadastral assessment (CPDM)

   45 days

3. Technical and environmental assessment (DNM and Environment)

   90 days

4. Report of the Technical Titles Committee

   30 days

5. Opinion of the National Mining Commission

   45 days

6. Draft decree

   30 days

7. Decree in Council of Ministers

   60 days

8. Notification and publication in the Journal officiel

   5 days

If the answer is no

The decree is notified and published in the Journal officiel and on the mining ministry’s official site. An appeal may be lodged with the Minister for Mines within two months of notification, and then before the competent administrative court.

The texts this rests on

• Code minier, art. 28 à 34 (permis d’exploitation)
• Code minier, art. 30 (attribution du permis d’exploitation)
• Code minier, art. 29 (superficie et forme du permis d’exploitation)

Versions of this procedure

• Version 1 · 2026-01-01In force