Purpose
§11 consolidates Afrimintel's alignment with externally-published frameworks across the domains material to Africa mining investment intelligence: mineral-resource disclosure standards, mining-sector safeguards frameworks, nature-related frameworks, externality and climate-resilience frameworks, sustainability-reporting frameworks, country-risk and governance frameworks, energy-transition and demand-scenario frameworks, and conflict-event-density frameworks.
§11 is alignment, not endorsement.
Inclusion of a framework means Afrimintel cites it, surfaces its public outputs where they are inputs, and documents how the methodology maps to its structure or vocabulary — nothing more.
§11 does not mean that the framework's publisher has endorsed Afrimintel; that Afrimintel produces framework-certified disclosures (it does not); or that a commercial relationship, formal engagement, or partnership exists with the publisher.
Per Independence Policy §08 and Counterparty Extension protocol, every framework reference in §11 is a public-source citation, not a relationship claim.
Framework alignment tables
Frameworks are grouped by domain. Within each domain, entries are listed in publisher-alphabetical order. Each entry carries: framework name, publisher, version/edition cited, alignment description (how Afrimintel uses or references the framework), and the Afrimintel surface where the alignment is most visible.
§11.2.1Mineral-resource disclosure standards (CRIRSCO family)
| Framework | Publisher | Version cited | Afrimintel alignment | Surfaced at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NI 43-101 — Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects | Canadian Securities Administrators | NI 43-101 as currently in force | Intelligence-grade deposit dossiers cite NI 43-101 reports as Sourced primary references for resource estimates, technical-report disclosures, and operator-published economic anchors. Foundational reference for Methodology §10 Bankability worked examples (Kamoa-Kakula uses Ivanhoe NI 43-101 anchors). | Deposit dossiers · NI 43-101 / JORC / S-K 1300 Knowledge Base · §10 Bankability |
| JORC Code, 2012 Edition | Joint Ore Reserves Committee (AusIMM / AIG / MCA) | JORC Code, 2012 Edition, mandatory operation from 1 December 2013. Update in finalisation with ASX/ASIC/CRIRSCO targeting Q1 2026; transition period before the updated Code supersedes. As of 22 May 2026 the 2012 Edition remains the mandatory standard for ASX/NZX listed companies. | Intelligence-grade deposit dossiers cite JORC-compliant resource statements as Sourced primary references for Australian-listed entity operations in Africa. | Deposit dossiers · NI 43-101 / JORC / S-K 1300 Knowledge Base |
| SK-1300 / Subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | Adopted 31 October 2018; effective 25 February 2019; mandatory compliance from first fiscal year beginning on or after 1 January 2021. | Cited as primary reference for US-listed mining entity disclosure in deposit dossiers where applicable. | Deposit dossiers · NI 43-101 / JORC / S-K 1300 Knowledge Base |
| SAMREC Code New v1.2.x | South African Mineral Resource Committee (under joint SAIMM / GSSA auspices) | SAMREC Code, 2016 Edition (effective 1 January 2017); current edition per samcode.co.za as of 22 May 2026. | South African-listed mining entity resource statements cited as Sourced primary references; alignment-by-citation for any South African deposit dossier. Particularly relevant for the South African investment-houses buyer category. | Deposit dossiers (where applicable) · Methodology §01 inline reference upgraded |
| PERC Reporting Standard New v1.2.x | Pan-European Reserves and Resources Reporting Committee | PERC Reporting Standard 2021 (released 1 October 2021; supersedes all previous editions including PERC 2017; from 1 January 2023 the 2021 Standard only applies). | European-listed mining entity resource statements cited as Sourced primary references where applicable to African-located operations. | Deposit dossiers (where applicable) |
§11.2.2Mining-sector safeguards frameworks
| Framework | Publisher | Version cited | Afrimintel alignment | Surfaced at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability | International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) | IFC Performance Standards 2012 (PS1–PS8) | Component E v1.2 Safeguards Framework Comparison Matrix surfaces per-asset alignment with IFC PS dimensions; Downstream Risk v1.0 panels reference IFC PS triggers explicitly per asset. | Comparison Matrix · Downstream Risk panels · §10 Bankability |
| World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) | World Bank | ESF effective 2018 (Environmental and Social Standards ESS1–ESS10) | Component E v1.2 Safeguards Framework Comparison Matrix surfaces per-asset alignment with WB ESF dimensions; DFI Cat 4 one-pager surfaces ESS alignment for World Bank-eligible jurisdictions. | Comparison Matrix · DFI Cat 4 one-pager |
| AfDB Integrated Safeguards System (ISS) Corrected v0.1 / v0.3 | African Development Bank | ISS 2023 — approved by AfDB Board 12 April 2023; effective 31 May 2024 (supersedes and abrogates the 2013 ISS). Ten Operational Safeguards (OS1–OS10). The 2013 version had five OS (OS1–OS5); the 2023 version expanded to ten OS with five new standalone safeguards (OS4 Community H&S; OS7 Vulnerable Groups; OS8 Cultural Heritage; OS9 Financial Intermediaries; OS10 Stakeholder Engagement) plus renumbering of preserved 2013 content. See Component E v1.2.x audit findings §2 for the full 2013→2023 mapping table. | Component E v1.2 Safeguards Framework Comparison Matrix surfaces per-asset alignment with AfDB ISS dimensions; particularly material for AfDB-eligible African jurisdictions. Component E v1.2.x refresh tracked as Sprint 2 17X. | Comparison Matrix · DFI Cat 4 one-pager · §10 Bankability |
| ICMM Mining Principles New v1.2.x | International Council on Mining and Metals | ICMM Mining Principles (10 principles + performance expectations as published at icmm.com) | Industry self-regulation alignment surface. Per-asset alignment with ICMM principle structure where the operating entity is an ICMM member; framework cited as published standard by reference for non-member operators. | Component E v1.2 extension · Deposit dossier industry-self-regulation indicator |
| IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining New v1.2.x Corrected v0.1 | Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance | IRMA Standard v1.0 (2018) — current operative standard. Standard v2.0 is in DRAFT 2 — second public consultation closed 22 October 2025; Board approval not yet given as of November 2025. The v2.0 DRAFT 2 expands coverage to exploration, development, processing and closure phases (v1.0 covers mines in production only). | Site-level responsible-mining assessment alignment. Afrimintel surfaces IRMA-assessed deposits where verified to IRMA's published assessment records; alignment-by-citation for non-assessed deposits. Migration to v2.0 will be a §11 amendment trigger once IRMA Board approves the v2.0 final. | Component E v1.2 extension · Deposit dossier IRMA-assessment indicator |
§11.2.3Nature-related and biodiversity frameworks
| Framework | Publisher | Version cited | Afrimintel alignment | Surfaced at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNFD — Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures | TNFD | TNFD Recommendations 2023; TNFD Tools Catalogue (current release per tnfd.global) | Methodology §10.5 §E1 surfaces TNFD-aligned nature-related context per asset, drawn from tools listed in the public TNFD Tools Catalogue, organised by TNFD LEAP phases (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare). §E1 does not constitute a TNFD disclosure; alignment-by-tools-catalogue-citation only. | §10.5 §E1 · Component E v1.2 panel per asset (E1 sub-element) |
§11.2.4Externality, climate-resilience and climate-disclosure frameworks
| Framework | Publisher | Version cited | Afrimintel alignment | Surfaced at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAVi — Sustainable Asset Valuation | International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) | SAVi methodology framework as published by IISD | Afrimintel-adapted version (SAVi-Mining Adaptation v1) applied to mining-sector assets. Surfaces externality-monetised NPV across 8 categories — environmental (water-cycle, tailings, biodiversity, GHG), social (resettlement, local content, community H&S), climate-resilience (geographic, transition). Kabanga and Manono worked examples published. Methodology and adaptation acknowledged as Afrimintel-adapted, not IISD-endorsed. | §10.5 §E2 · SAVi-Mining Adaptation v1 doc · Component E v1.2 (E2) |
| IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures New v1.2.x | International Sustainability Standards Board (IFRS Foundation) | IFRS S2 (issued June 2023; effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024 in jurisdictions adopting ISSB Standards) | Investor-grade climate-disclosure alignment. Methodology cites IFRS S2 disclosure structure as the institutional standard for climate-related risk disclosure; per-asset climate context (§10.5 §E1.d ND-GAIN row + Critical Minerals IEA scenario overlay) is consistent with IFRS S2 disclosure dimensions where applicable. IFRS S2 supersedes TCFD as the investor-grade climate-disclosure reference. | Component E v1.2 extension · Critical Minerals climate-scenario surfaces |
§11.2.5Sustainability-reporting frameworks
| Framework | Publisher | Version cited | Afrimintel alignment | Surfaced at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRI 14 — Mining Sector Standard New v1.2.x Refined v0.1 | Global Reporting Initiative | GRI 14: Mining Sector 2024 published 5 February 2024; effective 1 January 2026 for reports published thereafter. V1.1 update published January 2026 (aligned with revised GRI 102: Climate Change 2025 and GRI 103: Energy 2025). 24 likely material topics for mining organizations. Earlier 2024 version may be used until 31 December 2026; V1.1 is the current edition with early adoption encouraged. | Mining-sector sustainability-reporting alignment. Methodology cites GRI 14 V1.1 as the sector-specific standard for sustainability reporting; alignment-by-citation for operator-published GRI-aligned reports surfaced in deposit dossiers. | Component E v1.2 extension · Deposit dossier operator-disclosure references |
| SASB Extractives & Minerals Processing Standards New v1.2.x Refined v0.1 | Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (now part of IFRS Foundation / ISSB) | SASB Metals & Mining Industry Standard, Version 2023-12 (effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2025). Eight SASB Industry Standards in the Extractives & Minerals Processing sector. ISSB comprehensive review underway — exposure drafts July 2025; comment period closed 30 November 2025; final amendments expected 2026. | Investor-grade sector-specific sustainability-disclosure alignment. Methodology cites the SASB Metals & Mining Standard Version 2023-12 as the institutional reference for investor-grade sustainability disclosure in the mining sector; alignment-by-citation for operator-published SASB-aligned disclosures. Pairs naturally with IFRS S2 under the ISSB umbrella. The 2026 ISSB-revised SASB Standards will trigger a §11 amendment when published. | Component E v1.2 extension · Deposit dossier operator-disclosure references |
§11.2.6Country-risk and governance frameworks
| Framework | Publisher | Version cited | Afrimintel alignment | Surfaced at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser Investment Attractiveness Index | Fraser Institute | Fraser Annual Survey of Mining Companies — Fraser 2025 (current at v1.1) | Primary data source for Investment Climate (IC) component of the Afrimintel Score (§04). Fraser IAI normalised to 0–10 (÷ 10) is the published methodology for IC. Vintage refresh annually on each new Fraser publication. | Methodology §04 · §07 province table · Country risk composite |
| Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (TI CPI) | Transparency International | TI CPI 2024 (latest published edition at v1.1) | Proxy data source for IC where Fraser does not cover, per §04 CPI-proxy methodology with asymmetric band convention. | Methodology §04 · Province dossiers · Country risk composite |
| NRGI Resource Governance Index | Natural Resource Governance Institute | NRGI Resource Governance Index 2021 | Country-risk dimension within the 40-country × 5-dimension country-risk composite (Fraser / TI CPI / NRGI / EITI / structural at 30/25/25/20 weights). | §04 (extension) · Country risk composite |
| EITI Standard | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative | EITI Standard 2023 (current); EITI implementation status per country | Country-risk dimension; Downstream Risk v1.0 panels surface EITI implementation status (Compliant / Suspended / Other / Not Implementing) per asset's host country. | Country risk composite · Downstream Risk panels · §10.5 |
§11.2.7Energy-transition and demand-scenario frameworks
| Framework | Publisher | Version cited | Afrimintel alignment | Surfaced at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IEA Critical Minerals Outlook scenarios — STEPS / APS / NZE | International Energy Agency | IEA Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 | Three IEA scenarios (Stated Policies / Announced Pledges / Net Zero Emissions) surfaced per commodity in Critical/Battery Minerals sub-vertical; each commodity's demand trajectory under all three scenarios is cited per IEA. Per-deposit stranded-asset exposure overlay (Sprint 2 17D) extends this to asset-level. | Critical/Battery Minerals sub-vertical · Stranded-asset overlay (Sprint 2 17D) |
§11.2.8Conflict-event-density framework
| Framework | Publisher | Version cited | Afrimintel alignment | Surfaced at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACLED — Armed Conflict Location & Event Data | ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project) | ACLED Explorer (admin1-resolution data) | Downstream Risk v1.0 panels surface ACLED admin1 conflict-event density per asset's host administrative division. 50km-radius API access gates on Commercial License upgrade at ≥ $500K ARR. | Downstream Risk panels · §10.5 |
Out-of-table notation
The following framework categories are explicitly out of scope for §11 at v1.2.x and are noted here for clarity:
- TCFD (Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) — superseded by IFRS S2 for investor-grade climate disclosure. TCFD recommendations remain referenced inline where historical disclosures cite them, but TCFD itself is not added to §11.2 as a forward-state alignment framework. IFRS S2 is the canonical investor-grade climate-disclosure reference at v1.2.x.
- ICRG / PRS Group country-risk — recorded in the Methodological Extensions Scoping ALIGNMENT-ONLY section as a Sprint 3 candidate. Not surfaced at v1.2.x; reconsidered at Sprint 3 alongside the multi-source country-risk composite (Tier 3 item 17M) reconsideration cycle.
- Tool catalogue providers — frameworks like ENCORE, IBAT, WWF Water Risk Filter, Aqueduct, ND-GAIN are referenced inline in §10.5 §E1 (TNFD Tools Catalogue surface) as tool providers, not as alignment frameworks. They appear in §10.5 §E1 directly, not in §11.2.
- Geological survey data providers — frameworks like BGS, CGMW, USGS MRDS are referenced inline in §08 (Independence Policy primary data sources), not as alignment frameworks. They appear in §08 directly.
Quality Standard treatment
Each framework cited in §11.2 is referenced with publisher name (Sourced — the publisher is a public-source institution), published version/edition with date where applicable (Sourced — verified to publisher URL on 22 May 2026 per §11.7 verification queue closure, with the OS count attribute on AfDB ISS row re-verified at v0.3 per the Claim Precision Discipline catch), and a published source URL on the corresponding methodology surface.
The framework names and publishers are Sourced per public availability of the framework documents. Afrimintel's alignment description per entry is Derived — an Afrimintel editorial classification of how the methodology aligns with each framework, written against the framework's own published structure.
Where a framework version is republished annually (Fraser IAI, EITI Standard editions, TI CPI, IEA Critical Minerals Outlook), the §11.2 entry carries a re-check obligation on each new release consistent with the Fraser-discipline pattern.
Counterparty Extension protocol
Counterparty Extension declaration
Every framework named in §11.2 appears as a public-source institutional reference per its publisher's published terms. Twenty-two distinct publishers are cited: Canadian Securities Administrators, JORC committee, SEC, SAMREC, PERC, IFC, World Bank, AfDB, ICMM, IRMA, TNFD, IISD, IFRS Foundation, GRI, SASB-now-ISSB, Fraser Institute, Transparency International, NRGI, EITI, IEA, and ACLED.
No commercial relationship, formal engagement, certification, or endorsement is claimed or implied. No framework publisher has reviewed, endorsed, or formally engaged with Afrimintel outputs. Inclusion in §11.2 is alignment-by-citation only.
If at any future point Afrimintel enters a formal relationship with any of the named publishers (e.g. licensed data access, certification track, formal partnership), that relationship will be disclosed in the Audit Log at the time of execution and §11 will be amended to reflect the change.
Maintenance cycle
§11.2 is reviewed under five triggers:
- Annually — alongside the §09 review cycle, to refresh framework versions, capture new editions, and re-verify alignment statements.
- At each Sprint planning cycle — to consider new framework additions and to reconfirm Out-of-table notation. Sprint 3 reconsideration window: ICRG/PRS Group country-risk.
- On framework publisher action — if a framework is superseded, retired, or substantially revised, the §11.2 entry is updated within the Correction Velocity SLA (7 business days material; 30 non-material).
- On inherited-reference consolidation — when a methodology cycle consolidates inherited framework references from earlier sections (§08, §10 DRAFT, Component E v1.2), inherited references receive primary-source re-verification per the §11.7 verification queue pattern. Discipline-learning from the v0.1 → v0.2 verification cycle, where the AfDB ISS 2013 inherited reference was found a year stale.
- On numeric-attribute verification — when a framework's numeric attribute (count, version number, threshold, weight) is cited, the primary source must enumerate the attribute (e.g. name each of OS1 through OS10), not reference it obliquely. Counting closely-related-but-distinct items is a category error. Discipline-learning from the v0.2 → v0.3 OS count correction.
Pre-publication verification queue
All seven verification tags resolved against primary sources on 22 May 2026. Verification audit log filed as AL-2026-05-22-V1_2_X-METHODOLOGY-SECTION-11-VERIFICATION-QUEUE-CLOSURE. V5 finding OS count corrected at v0.3 per Claim Precision Discipline catch; supersession noted via companion addendum on the original verification audit log.
| Item | §11.2 entry | Verification finding | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| V1 | §11.2.1 JORC Code | 2012 Edition remains current operative standard. Update in finalisation with ASX/ASIC/CRIRSCO targeting Q1 2026; transition period before the new Code supersedes. | ✓ Closed — confirmed; forward-state note added |
| V2 | §11.2.1 SK-1300 | SEC adopted 31 October 2018; effective 25 February 2019; mandatory compliance from first fiscal year beginning on or after 1 January 2021. | ✓ Closed — minor correction |
| V3 | §11.2.1 SAMREC | 2016 Edition remains current; effective 1 January 2017. | ✓ Closed — confirmed |
| V4 | §11.2.1 PERC | PERC Reporting Standard 2021 (released 1 October 2021) supersedes all previous editions; from 1 January 2023 the 2021 Standard only applies. | ✓ Closed — confirmed |
| V5 | §11.2.2 AfDB ISS | MATERIAL CORRECTION: 2013 ISS has been superseded. AfDB Board approved updated ISS 12 April 2023; effective 31 May 2024. Ten Operational Safeguards (OS1–OS10) — the 2013 version had 5. v0.2 originally stated 11 OS; this was a Claim Precision error confusing eleven guidance notes with eleven OS. v0.3 corrects to 10 OS per AfDB-Mozambique workshop coverage October 2025 and Bank Information Center primary-source enumeration of OS10. | ⚠ Closed at v0.3 — corrected |
| V6 | §11.2.2 IRMA | CORRECTION: v1.0 (2018) remains the current operative standard. v2.0 is in DRAFT 2 — second public consultation closed 22 October 2025; Board approval not yet given as of November 2025. | ✓ Closed — corrected |
| V7 | §11.2.5 SASB | REFINEMENT: SASB Metals & Mining Industry Standard Version 2023-12 is current; effective annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2025. ISSB comprehensive review of Extractives & Minerals Processing sector under way; final amendments expected 2026. | ✓ Closed — refined |
Bonus correction not in original verification queue. GRI 14 — v0.1 cited "GRI 14: Mining Sector 2024" alone. v0.2: GRI 14 published 5 February 2024; V1.1 update published January 2026 (aligned with revised GRI 102: Climate Change 2025 and GRI 103: Energy 2025); effective 1 January 2026. Earlier 2024 version may be used until 31 December 2026 with early adoption encouraged. Closed at v0.2 — refinement applied.
The verification queue closure timestamps the §11 content to 22 May 2026. The V5 OS count correction at v0.3 carries the same date — the corrected enumeration verification was performed within the same operational day. Any framework version republished after 22 May 2026 triggers a §11 amendment per §11.6 maintenance cycle.