The Gold Leak: Inside Cameroon’s Fractured Mining Crackdown

The Gold Leak: Inside Cameroon’s Fractured Mining Crackdown

In Kambélé, an artisanal mining hub in Cameroon’s East region, 18-year-old Jérémie Nathan sits on a mound of excavated earth holding a hand-shovel. Until last month, he cleared gravel lines for Zhenguo Sarl, a foreign-owned semi-mechanised mining company operating in the area. Today, the excavators are chained and silent. A central government decree has ordered more than 200 of these companies across the East and Adamawa regions to halt operatio…

Cameroon Launches Massive Crackdown to Recover $680 Billion in Missing Gold Revenues

CameroonOnline.ORG | Cameroon is drawing a hard line in the sand when it comes to its mining sector, launching a massive new operation to reclaim staggering financial losses. The target? Approximately $680 billion in lost tax and customs revenues tied to the production of roughly 17 tons of gold. The government’s sweeping crackdown comes after … The post Cameroon Launches Massive Crackdown to Recover $680 Billion in Missing Gold Revenues appeare…