Post #96

🌍 Afterour post on Friday about the Malian Azawad Liberation Front dissatisfaction with the government's decision to transfer the Intahaka gold deposit to state-owned SOREM Mali S.A., the first photos from the place came out on Saturday. The photos presumably show the process of artisanal gold miners leaving the territory of the deposit at the behest of the authorities. In accordance with the address of General Mamadou Massaoulé Samaké, commander of the Eastern Theater, read out to the press on Tuesday, gold miners are required to leave the site due to the restoration of state authority over the deposit by the army: We are going to proceed with the restoration of the authority of the State in the commune of Ntaka, in its entirety in the first instance, and very particularly on the mining sites which correspond to the 97.41 km² dedicated to SOREM. It is reported that gold miners must leave the deposit before October 22. 🔴 Any decision of the government on any change in the status of the deposit has not been published yet. According to existing official papers, so far SOREM Mali S.A. has only Bamako's blessing for geological exploration at Intahaka. The exporation license, by which the general also justifies the new measures in his address, dates from August last year. ‼️ Whether Bamako is going to invite a foreign investor to the site, or SOREM will try to work there independently, the decision to expel the locals is controversial in any way. In the worst-case scenario, it can increase social tensions and promote a rapprochement of the population with jihadist groups that are widely present in the area. Devils Below