Deal #5700

Land on the Houndé and Bouéré-Dohoun concessions is subject to customary land tenure systems. Prior to 2009, land tenure legislation did not recognise customary land tenure. Reformation of this legislation was initiated by the 2007 National Rural Land Security Policy and 2009 Rural Land Tenure Law (Law 034-2009), which decentralizes land governance and seeks to harmonize statutory and customary law, and the 2012 (Law 034-2012).

In 2018 a resettlement action plan (“RAP”) for the resettlement of the Bouéré village was completed and successful implemented. A total of 31 concessions were built, relocating about 130 people. The new village opened in June 2019 and has solar powered boreholes for water supply as well as two water wells. Livelihood restoration programs for project affected households and villages have also been created. In 2019, local women and youth associations received funding and support for the creation of income-generating activities such as beekeeping, soya bean cultivation and chicken/goat breeding.

The land compensation process has been completed.

The local development fund is financed by both the state (15% of the collected proportional royalties) and exploitation licence holders (1% of turnover before tax). It is administered jointly by the Ministry of Mining and the Ministry of Finance.