In the Central African Republic, Wagner established large wood and gold smuggling networks that will take time and diligence to break down. Midas Resources, a U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned company, operates a recently industrialized Ndassima gold mine, likely through Dubai.
The paramilitaries were particularly interested in getting their hands on a mining permit granted to the joint Rwandan-Central African venture, Oko Africa, for an area near Ndassima, in the Bambari region in Ouaka prefecture, an area with promising gold mining potential, where the Russians have been exploiting the largest deposit since …
At least 27 people had been killed when a gold mine run by the Muslim Seleka militias collapsed on Thursday in Ndassima in the center of the war-torn Central African …
The CPC, however, points the finger at the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, which controls the nearby Ndassima mine (AI, 18/07/18). A lack of witnesses and the CAR armed forces' refusal to allow a MINUSCA patrol to inspect the crime site in the hours after the attack are making the event difficult to investigate.
Midas retains the preferential mining allowance to the CAR's Ndassima gold mine, which experts assess contains gold valued at more than one billion dollars. Moreover, Midas, in conjunction with the Wagner Group, was responsible for denying CAR government officials the ability …
Instead, the three journalists headed north towards a gold mine at Ndassima, operated by a Russian firm and guarded by Russian contractors. But the Center for Investigation says they strayed from ...
The Chinese-owned mine sits near the town of Bambari, the hub of multiple mining operations. Before China took over Chimbolo, Wagner had sought to control the mine, near its own Ndassima mine. Russians at the nearby mine previously threatened the Chinese nationals at Chimbolo, claiming they had the right to develop that area, …
In CAR, Wagner obtained the country's largest Ndassima gold mine in exchange for backing President Touadera's authoritarian rule. Through control of a major gold refinery in Sudan, Wagner has become the dominant buyer of unprocessed Sudanese gold and a major smuggler of processed gold. In Mali, Wagner's $10.8 million monthly …
The mediation that took place in Abidjan at the end of October between the Central African government and the Canadian company Axmin over the Ndassima gold …
Gold mine in Ndassima, 40 Km of Bambari, in the Seleka controlled zone, in the Eastern part of CAR. The mine was supposed to be exploited by a ... Gold mining activities in the Sahel have recorded a continuous surge since 2012 following the discovery of a rich Saharan chain stretching from Mauritania to Sudan. As indicated in the below table ...
Central African Republic After false start, fate of Ndassima mine could be settled in Abidjan on 25 October. The Ivorian economic capital will be the venue for an initial mediation over the Ndassima gold mine. Canadian firm Axmin is challenging Bangui's 2019 cancellation of its two licences there.
The Hassai gold mine is an open pit mine located in the Red Sea Hills desert in north-eastern Sudan, approximately 50km from Khartoum. It is the only gold producing mine in Sudan. It began …
Central African Republic After false start, fate of Ndassima mine could be settled in Abidjan on 25 October. The Ivorian economic capital will be the venue for an initial mediation over the Ndassima gold mine. Canadian firm Axmin is challenging Bangui's 2019 cancellation of its two licences there.
A former Seleka soldier looks at a woman washing extracted soil and small rocks as she pans for gold near an open-pit at the Ndassima gold mine near Djoubissi, north of Bambari May 9, 2014.
The gold mines in Ndassima were run by Aurafrique, a subsidiary of the Canadian company Axmin, before Seleka rebels managed to take over the site following a 2013 offensive.
In 2018, at the age of 17, he began working at the Ndassima gold mine in the central part of the country and earned enough to be able to buy a motorcycle in his first four months of work.
Miners ply the Ndassima gold mine at Ndassima, north of Seleka's military headquarters in the northern town of Bambari in Central African Republic, May 22, 2014.
The mediation that took place in Abidjan at the end of October between the Central African government and the Canadian company Axmin over the Ndassima gold mine has been extended into January.. Axmin owns the Central African companies Aurafrique and Somion Toungou, which in 2019 the government stripped of their …
The report, "Blood Gold", produced by the charities Consumer Choice Center and 21Democracy, claimed Wagner was producing an estimated $290m worth of gold annually, with the Ndassima site ...
This is thanks to the protection it offers the authorities, in exchange for important concessions, such as the Ndassima gold mine. Aware of the importance of this financing, the U.S. has launched a new wave of sanctions this summer against the gold mines that feed the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic and Mali, as well the …
In 2018, at the age of 17, he began working at the Ndassima gold mine in the central part of the country and earned enough to be able to buy a motorcycle in his first four months of work. But ...
Development of the Ndassima gold mine. Satellite images appear to show increased operation over a four-year period. Source: Google Earth, Maxar Technologies. Graphic: ...
Ndassima gold sucks in presidential candidates, Chinese investors and Russian firms alike. The Chinese-run Canadian junior Axmin has retained the lawyer …
In CAR, Wagner obtained the country's largest Ndassima gold mine in exchange for backing President Touadera's authoritarian rule. Through control of a major gold refinery in Sudan, Wagner has become …
The mediation that took place in Abidjan in October between the Central African government and the Canadian company Axmin over the Ndassima gold mine has been extended into January. Mining 15.11.2021 West Africa Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa
Wagner set up shop in CAR in 2018, creating a cultural center and striking several deals to help secure mining sites, including at the Ndassima gold mine located …
Midas retains the preferential mining allowance to the CAR's Ndassima gold mine, which experts assess contains gold valued at more than one billion dollars. Moreover, Midas, in conjunction with the Wagner Group, was responsible for denying CAR government officials the ability to inspect the Ndassima mine. Midas, along with other Prigozhin ...
At the giant Ndassima gold mine in Central African Republic, gunmen keep the peace - for a price - among hundreds of miners who swarm over the steep sides of …
After false start, fate of Ndassima mine could be settled in Abidjan on 25 October. The Ivorian economic capital will be the venue for an initial mediation over the …
The targets include: Midas Ressources, which holds the rights to the Ndassima gold mine in CAR, and Diamville, a gold and diamond purchasing company that participated in a gold scheme and the shipment of diamonds mined in the African country to help fund Wagner activities.