ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING IN THE EAST REGION OF CAMEROON: AN OVERVIEW
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Artisanal mining, small-scale mining, East region and CameroonAbstract
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has been widespread throughout the world for over 2000 years, and today features heavily in the rural economy of many developing countries.i like Cameroon. The interests of the country and the community demand that all forms of mining, whether large, small or artisanal, should be subject to the same requirements in respect of licensing, safety, health and the environment. Since 2001, Cameroon has engaged a series of mining sector reforms aimed at attracting foreign investments as a way to maximize government revenue streams that will contribute to development and poverty reduction. Beside the promotion of industrial mining projects, artisanal mining has been an important activity for thousands of people in the East region of Cameroon for a very long time but has not resulted in significant improvement in the economic and social situation of those involved. ii In other words, the East region is rich in resources but under-developed, poor times and landlocked in certain districts.iii The methodology involves a single region study focused on the overview of artisanal mining and remarks of the ministry and support organisations, national laws and regulations relating to ‘ASM’ in the East region. This research work covers the latest developments in terms of the institutional and regulatory frameworks for ‘ASM’ in Cameroon. The research concludes with the identification of the current opportunities and challenges of ‘ASM’ as well as a way forward that research works on this area should work. Therefore this paper focuses specifically on an overview of artisanal and small-scale mining in the East region of Cameroon with much emphasis on the extraction of gold and diamond.
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