Effective date: 21 May 2026
Last updated: 10 June 2026
Version: 1.0.2 (§4.3 corrected to the three-label Quality Standard — Sourced / Derived / Absent; see audit log v1.8.8.0)
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Note on legal-entity naming. Sections of these Terms reference Afrimintel as [ENTITY] with registration number [REG]. These placeholders are intentional and will be filled with the operator's confirmed legal-entity structure (Path α registered Mauritius entity vs Path β VAT-registered sole proprietorship) in the counsel-integrated v1.1 release. Mauritius is the operating jurisdiction and Afrimintel is VAT-registered in Mauritius; the placeholders concern the precise legal-entity form, not the operating jurisdiction.
Note on counsel-pending decisions. Section 12 (Governing law and dispute resolution) carries two further bracketed placeholders — the arbitration body ([International Chamber of Commerce / London Court of International Arbitration / Mauritius International Arbitration Centre]) and the arbitration seat ([Port Louis / London / Singapore]) — pending counsel selection in the counsel-integrated v1.1 release. The choice will be made in consultation with engagement counterparties typical of the Institutional and Project Engagement tiers and codified in v1.1.
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Published commercial structure (subscription tiers, pricing) will be re-introduced when commercial validation cycle and operational fulfilment infrastructure are in place. Until then, references to specific subscription pricing in earlier versions of these Terms are superseded by this section.
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Afrimintel provides intelligence outputs about African mineral provinces, deposits, transactions, country risk, and related subjects. Specifically:
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Afrimintel is in paid beta as of April 2026. Coverage is intentionally tiered — see the published Methodology PDF and Category Paper for current scope. The Platform is functional and commercially priced, but coverage will continue to expand on a documented quarterly cycle. Beta status does not affect your contractual rights as a paying Subscriber.
Afrimintel operates under a permanent Independence Policy. Province scores, deposit dossiers, AI analysis outputs, and Field Correction reviews are produced without commercial consideration from operators, governments, equipment vendors, or any organisation whose data appears on the platform. Marketplace listings are not paid placements. Subscription tier does not influence editorial output.
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Afrimintel synthesises publicly-available source data including NI 43-101 and JORC technical reports, USGS and BGS publications, Fraser Institute survey data, EITI compliance records, and other primary sources. Source data remains the property of its original publishers. Afrimintel's intellectual property subsists in the synthesis, scoring, and analytical layer applied to source data.
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Afrimintel — Africa Mineral Intelligence
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Editorial responsibility: Nikesh Patel, Honorary Consul of Rwanda in Mauritius
nikesh@afrimintel.com