{
 "resource": "bo_contracts",
 "feed_version": "1.0.0",
 "dataset_version": "v2.137.22",
 "as_of": "2026-08-18",
 "publisher": "Afrimintel Ltd (Mauritius)",
 "coverage": {
  "jurisdictions_mapped": 25,
  "with_public_extractive_bo": 6,
  "with_contracts_repository": 20
 },
 "statement": "Beneficial-ownership and mining-contract transparency by jurisdiction: whether a public extractive BO disclosure exists, whether mining contracts are published, and how many. The two aggregators — ResourceContracts.org (CC BY-SA 4.0) and OpenOwnership (CC BY 4.0) — carry most of the layer under reusable licences; three countries also run a national portal (Guinea's ministry contracts site, Liberia's LEITI, DRC's Congo Mines). This is an availability + governance map, not an ingestion of contract text.",
 "known_limits": [
  "OpenOwnership's CSV marks South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Malawi BO registers as 'Live', but that is the FULL-ECONOMY company register; a public, extractive-specific BO feed is confirmed only for Senegal, DRC, Nigeria (and via national EITI portals). The bo_public_extractive_confirmed flag records that distinction honestly.",
  "ResourceContracts counts are mining+oil/gas combined per country page; the commodity split is noted where read. Several counts are hydrocarbon-dominated (Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Congo, Gabon).",
  "DRC is recorded for availability only, per the Great Lakes data-layer rule — no editorial engagement.",
  "No count is asserted where the aggregator page showed none ('not stated')."
 ],
 "registers": [
  {
   "country": "botswana",
   "bo_register": true,
   "bo_detail": "OpenOwnership: full-economy register 'Live'; but OO narrative says legislation under review",
   "contracts_repository": false,
   "contracts_detail": "No ResourceContracts country page found",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "not stated",
   "licence": "OpenOwnership — CC BY 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [],
   "note": "CSV 'Live' conflicts with 'reviewing legislation' — verify before relying.",
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "burkina-faso",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public BO register confirmed",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /bf — 50 docs (gold concessions 2015-2023)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "50",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Sanbrado (2019)",
    "Orezone Bomboré (2019)",
    "Kiaka (2019)"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "cameroon",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public register confirmed",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /cm — 17 docs (oil/gas; iron ore, cobalt/nickel, diamond, marble)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "17",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Geovic (cobalt/nickel)",
    "Cam Iron / Sinosteel iron ore"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "chad",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public register confirmed",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /td — 66 docs (hydrocarbon PSAs dominant; gold licences 2016)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "66",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Esso E&P Chad",
    "gold exploration licences (2016)"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "drc",
   "bo_register": true,
   "bo_detail": "iTIE-RDC extractive BO register (itierdc.net, 25% threshold, public)",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "Congo Mines (Carter Center) — 2,300+ docs incl. 150+ mining contracts; CAMI cadastre; ResourceContracts /cd — 347",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "347",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0; Congo Mines licence not stated",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "(availability only)"
   ],
   "note": "Data-layer only per the Great Lakes rule; recorded, not editorialised.",
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": true
  },
  {
   "country": "gabon",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public register confirmed",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /ga — 32 docs (hydrocarbon PSAs; potash, base metals)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "32",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Mayumba Potasse",
    "Armada Exploration Gabon"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "ghana",
   "bo_register": true,
   "bo_detail": "Registrar of Companies central BO register + GhEITI extractive BO database",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /gh — 75 docs (gold mining leases + 2 hydrocarbon)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "75",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0; OpenOwnership — CC BY 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "AngloGold Ashanti IPAs",
    "Ashanti Goldfields Obuasi Lease (1994)",
    "Gold Fields Tarkwa leases"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": true
  },
  {
   "country": "guinea",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public BO register confirmed (EITI member; OHADA/RCCM registry)",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "NATIONAL portal contrats.mines.gov.gn — 114 docs, plain-language summaries (built with NRGI/World Bank/CCSI). Mirrored on ResourceContracts /gn — 114",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "114",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0 (portal CC BY-SA 4.0)",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Simandou — Winning Consortium Simandou incl. rail/port agreements",
    "CBG/SBG bauxite",
    "Bel Air (Alufer) bauxite"
   ],
   "note": "National ministry contracts portal is a standout open source.",
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "ivory-coast",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public register (reviewing BO legislation)",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /ci — 17 docs (mostly hydrocarbon PSAs; gold additions)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "17",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Perseus Mining gold",
    "Société des Mines de Tongon",
    "ENI/Total offshore blocks"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "liberia",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public register yet (BO regulations published; system in development)",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "NATIONAL LEITI concessions portal (~127 multi-sector instruments, back to 1959) + ResourceContracts /lr — 40 docs",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "40",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0 (LEITI licence not stated)",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Ivanhoe Liberia / SMFG",
    "ArcelorMittal Liberia",
    "China-Union iron ore"
   ],
   "note": "LEITI ~127 figure is multi-sector, not mining-only.",
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "madagascar",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public register confirmed",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /mg — 7 docs (ilmenite/heavy mineral sands + 2 hydrocarbon model contracts)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "7",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "QMM ilmenite concessions (1998)",
    "Rio Tinto/QMM MoU (2023)"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "malawi",
   "bo_register": true,
   "bo_detail": "OpenOwnership: full-economy company register 'Live'; extractive-specific public access NOT confirmed",
   "contracts_repository": false,
   "contracts_detail": "No ResourceContracts country page found",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "not stated",
   "licence": "OpenOwnership — CC BY 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [],
   "note": "BO 'Live' is the full-economy register, not a confirmed public extractive feed.",
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "mali",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public BO register confirmed",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /ml — 79 docs (gold-dominant; lithium; diamond; iron)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "79",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Somilo — Loulo Concession (1993)",
    "BHP — Morila (1992)",
    "Robex — Mininko (2011)"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "mauritania",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public register confirmed",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /mr — 55 docs (iron ore, gold, uranium, phosphate + oil/gas)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "55",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "TAKAMUL iron ore (2020)",
    "Tiris uranium (2019, 2023)"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "mozambique",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No public register operational yet ('Implementing' stage)",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /mz — 40 docs (hydrocarbon PSAs dominant; coal, base metals, iron ore)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "40",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Twigg base metals (2018)",
    "Capitol Resources iron ore (2017)"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "namibia",
   "bo_register": true,
   "bo_detail": "OpenOwnership: full-economy register 'Live'; OO narrative says systems in development",
   "contracts_repository": false,
   "contracts_detail": "No ResourceContracts country page found",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "not stated",
   "licence": "OpenOwnership — CC BY 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [],
   "note": "CSV 'Live' conflicts with 'developing systems' — verify before relying.",
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "niger",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public register confirmed",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /ne — 12 docs (11 hydrocarbon + 1 uranium)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "12",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Areva NC — Imouraren uranium licence (2009)"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "nigeria",
   "bo_register": true,
   "bo_detail": "CAC PSC register (bor.cac.gov.ng, public+API) + NEITI extractive BO (bo.neiti.gov.ng, limited public)",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /ng — 9 docs, all oil/gas",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "9",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0; OpenOwnership — CC BY 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Shell Nigeria Ultra-Deep",
    "NNPC PSAs"
   ],
   "note": "RC coverage is hydrocarbons only for Nigeria.",
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": true
  },
  {
   "country": "republic-of-congo",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public register confirmed",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /cg — 70 docs (oil/gas dominant; iron ore, potash, phosphate)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "70",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Congo Iron — Mont Nabemba (2016)",
    "Mayumba/marine PSAs"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "senegal",
   "bo_register": true,
   "bo_detail": "Senegal EITI register PUBLIC (donnees.itie.sn, 2% threshold) + RCCM (25%)",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /sn — 101 docs (gold, lithium, phosphate, heavy minerals + oil/gas)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "101",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0; OpenOwnership — CC BY 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Barrick / Sabodala",
    "SEN HMC heavy minerals",
    "HLNT/SDT lithium"
   ],
   "note": "Confirmed public extractive BO disclosure.",
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": true
  },
  {
   "country": "sierra-leone",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public BO register confirmed (EITI member with BO commitments)",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /sl — 21 docs (iron ore, bauxite, diamonds; 2010-2022)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "21",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "African Minerals Tonkolili (2010)",
    "Marampa (2021)",
    "Koidu Holdings diamonds (2010)"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "south-africa",
   "bo_register": true,
   "bo_detail": "CIPC BO register (full-economy, launched 2023); extractive-specific/public access not confirmed; non-EITI",
   "contracts_repository": false,
   "contracts_detail": "No ResourceContracts country page; mining rights via SAMRAD cadastre (restricted)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "not stated",
   "licence": "OpenOwnership — CC BY 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [],
   "note": "BO is CIPC full-economy, not extractive-specific.",
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  },
  {
   "country": "tanzania",
   "bo_register": true,
   "bo_detail": "BRELA BO register (operational since 2021, 25% threshold)",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /tz — 13 docs (9 hydrocarbon; diamond, graphite, nickel)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "13",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0; OpenOwnership — CC BY 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Black Rock / Mahenge graphite (2022)",
    "Tembo Nickel (2021)",
    "Williamson Diamonds (2005)"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": true
  },
  {
   "country": "zambia",
   "bo_register": true,
   "bo_detail": "PACRA BO register (search.pacra.org.zm, 25% threshold, searchable)",
   "contracts_repository": true,
   "contracts_detail": "ResourceContracts /zm — 73 docs (copper, cobalt, emerald + mineral-cooperation agreements)",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "73",
   "licence": "ResourceContracts.org — CC BY-SA 4.0; OpenOwnership — CC BY 4.0",
   "notable_contracts": [
    "Kagem emerald (2009)",
    "NFC Africa (Chambishi)",
    "Chambishi Metals cobalt/copper"
   ],
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": true
  },
  {
   "country": "zimbabwe",
   "bo_register": false,
   "bo_detail": "No live public BO register confirmed (not an EITI country)",
   "contracts_repository": false,
   "contracts_detail": "No ResourceContracts country page found",
   "resourcecontracts_count": "not stated",
   "licence": "licence not stated",
   "notable_contracts": [],
   "note": "Neither BO register nor contracts repository confirmed.",
   "bo_public_extractive_confirmed": false
  }
 ]
}