The Mining Code, adopted in 2016, regulates the prospecting, exploration, exploitation, as well as the possession, circulation, treatment, transport,transformation, and commercialization of mineral substances, with the exception of water resources and hydrocarbons. The law is also available on the official government website at the following address: https://www.sec.gouv.sn/code-minier. The official version of the law is in French. There is no official translation into other languagesThe government regulating entity is the Directorate of Mines and Geology (http://www.dirmingeol.sn/accueil.php). The country's mining contracts are available at resourcecontracts.org.
Last updated 30 mars 2018