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Loi N°017-2024/ALT is the second statute of Burkina Faso's July 2024 twin mining-reform package, adopted by the Assemblée Législative de Transition (ALT) on the same day (18 July 2024) as the new Code Minier (Loi N°016-2024/ALT), but promulgated by presidential decree separately in late August 2024. While Code Minier 016 restructures the ownership, fiscal, and permit architecture (raising the state free-carry to 15% and adding a ~30% paid-participation right), Loi 017 operates at the operational layer — specifying the local-content and value-addition obligations that mining companies must embed in their contracts, procurement, and processing decisions.
Key obligations under Loi 017:
1. Labour priority: Mining operators must prioritise Burkinabè nationals in all employment categories; expatriate positions require demonstration that no qualified national is available. 2. Goods and services preference: Operators must source goods and services from Burkinabè-registered suppliers where locally available at comparable price and quality; procurement procedures must include national companies at the tendering stage. 3. Value-addition mandate: Mineral production must be refined, transformed, or otherwise value-added on Burkinabè national territory before export to the maximum technically practicable extent; raw export of unprocessed ore or concentrate is conditioned on authorisation demonstrating the absence of viable in-country refining capacity. 4. Foreign subcontractor structuring: Foreign companies operating as subcontractors in the mining sector are required to either (a) create a Burkinabè-law company with equity shares reserved for national investors, or (b) form a joint venture with a Burkinabè-majority-capital entity; this applies to mining services, engineering, drilling, transport, and security contractors operating on mine sites.
The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries (MEMC) is the competent authority for monitoring compliance and issuing implementing regulations (décrets d'application) on procurement quotas, reporting timelines, and penalties.
bars to Swiss and South African refineries — faces pressure to build or access domestic refining capacity; SOPAMIB (the new state mining company created under the junta) is the designated vehicle for domestic processing capacity build-out. Endeavour Mining (operates four mines), West African Resources (Sanbrado, Kiaka), and Orezone (Bomboré) are the most immediately affected operators.
targets the mining-services and drilling sector, where Canadian, Australian, and South African contractors (Geodrill, DEME, Perenti) have operated under standard service agreements. These must now restructure into JV or local-entity models.
free-carry + 30% paid-participation right + mineral-processing authorization requirement), Loi 017's value-addition mandate creates a composite triple-obligation: state equity + national capital + domestic processing. This stacking materially increases the regulatory burden on any new large-scale mine development in Burkina Faso.
were not yet published; the Chamber of Mines briefing (February 2025) confirms operators were still awaiting operationalisation guidance. The law is on the books but enforcement timelines remain unclear.
discovery note; JO publication number not confirmed in this filing).
quotas, reporting templates, and penalty schedules.
operating mines under Loi 017's value-addition mandate.