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🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This notice announces a competitive bidding process for a 25-year gold mining concession in the YAOU area of Maripasoula, French Guiana. Interested parties have one month to submit competing proposals, promoting transparency and fair competition among mining firms.

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Key Changes

  • Introduction of a competitive bidding process for a 25-year gold mining concession.
  • Requirement for submissions within one month following the public notice.
  • The concession covers an area of approximately 52 km².

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Submit competing proposals for the YAOU gold mining concession within one month from the publication date of this notice in the Journal officiel de la République française

Interested mining firms and parties seeking to compete for the concession
licensing
high

Address competing concession applications to the minister in charge of mines by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt

Competing applicants submitting proposals for the YAOU concession
operational
medium

Format competing concession applications in the same manner as the initial application (the initial application submitted by SMYD on November 28, 2019)

Competing applicants submitting proposals for the YAOU concession
operational
high

Allow public consultation of the initial concession application and associated cartographic documents during the one-month competitive bidding period by appointment

French Guiana prefecture (Préfet de Guyane) and relevant state services
disclosure
medium

Make the concession application and cartographic documents available for consultation at the direction générale des territoires et de la mer office in Cayenne and the direction générale de l'énergie et du climat office in Puteaux

French Guiana prefecture and relevant state services
operational

Affected Parties

SAS Société Minière Yaou Dorlin (SMYD)Potential rival mining companies

Tags

mining,concessions,competitive bidding