Mali
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Mali is currently mining gold, phosphate, kaolin, salt and limestone. Deposits of oil, bauxite, iron ore, manganese, lithium and uranium are suspected. Gold has accounted for 80% of mining activity in Mali during the 2000s and in 2002 briefly became the country’s leading export before cotton and livestock. In 2006 Mali ranked 8th in the world’s top gold producing countries.
Sources: EITI, US State Gov
EITI status: Close to compliant
Visit Mali’s EITI page
Contact
Tiémoko Souleymane Sangare
+223 632 1714
+223 223 41 08
+223 222 8567
Recent activities
From 11-13 February, an information workshop on the EITI and PWYP was held in Bamako to discuss the formation of a national coalition. Following this, a General Assembly meeting was held at the end of April officially launching the PWYP coalition in Mali. A national bureau of 11 members was set up as well as the establishment of the national coalition’s statutes and internal governance rules.
