Licences

Mines Related License

Diamonds

Annual charges for mineral rights Amount
Reconnaissance License (flat fee) $5,000
Exploration License (Years 1 to 4) $100 per km2
Exploration License (Years 5 to 9) – first 125 km2 $400 per km2
Exploration License (Years 5 to 9) –parts of areas in excess of 125 km2 $800 per km2
Artisanal Mining License Le 250,000.00
Small-scale Mining License $600 per hectare
Large-scale Mining License (flat fee) $500,000.00
Dredging permit (artisanal) $500.00
Dredging permit (exploration licenses) $2,500.00
Dredging permit (small-scale mining) $10,000.00
Dredging permit (large-scale) $20,000.00
Radioactive minerals permit $20,000.00

Gold

Category Amount
Exporters License (Full year) USD 35,000
Exporters License (Half year) USD 20,000
Exporters Agents Certificate USD 5,000
Non-Citizen Dealers License USD 1,000
Ecowas Citizen Dealers License USD 750
Citizen Dealers License Le 750,000
Ecowas Citizen Dealers Agents Cert. Le 500,000
Citizen Dealers Agents Cert. Le 300,000
Exporters License USD 5000
Exporters Agents Certificate USD 2,500
Non-Citizens Dealers License USD 1,500
Ecowas Citizens Dealers License USD 500
Citizens Dealers License Le 750,000
Ecowas Citizen Dealers Agents Cert Le 500,000
Citizen Dealers Agents Cert Le 300, 000

Industrial and Sand Based Minerals

(such as coltan, zircon, monazite, rutile, ilmenite, etc)

Category Amount
Exporters License USD 5,000
Exporters Agents Certificate USD 3,000
Non-Citizen Dealers License. USD 1,500
Ecowas Citizen Dealers License USD 500
Citizens Dealers License. Le 75,000
Ecowas Citizen Dealers Agents Cert. Le 500,000
Citizen Dealers Agents Certificate Le 300,000

Fishing license

category Period Amount
Shrimp Trawlers 6 Months 250 GRT US$187.50 Per Vessel
Shrimp Trawlers 6 Months over 250 GRT Per Vessel US$ 50.00 Per Vessel
Shrimp Trawlers 12 Months 250 GRT US$ 250.00 Per Vessel
Shrimp Trawlers 12 Months over 250 GRT Per Vessel US$ 75,000.00 Per Vessel
Cephalopod 6 Months 250 GRT Per Vessel

US$187.50.Per Vessel

Cephalopod 6 Months over 250 GRT Per Vessel  US$ 50..00 Per Vessel
Cephalopod 12 Months 250 Per Vessel US$ 250.00 Per Vessel
Cephalopod 12 Months over 250 GRT Per Vessel US$ 75,000.00 Per Vessel
Demersal Trawelers 6 Months 150 GRT Per Vessel US$ 150..00 Per Vessel
Demersal Trawelers 6 Months over 250 GRT Per Vessel US$ 43, 750.00 Per Vessel
Demersal Trawelers 12 Months  GRT per Vessel US$ 187.00 Per Vessel
Demersal Trawelers 12 Months over  GRT per Vesse US$ 50,000 Per Vessel
Mid Water Trawler Fish 6 Months 150 GRT Per Vessel US$ 150.00 Per Vessel
Mid Water Trawler Fish 6 Months over 250 GRT Per Vessel US$187.50 Per Vessel
Mid Water Trawler Fish 12 Months 250 GRT Per Vessel US$ 187.50 Per Vessel
Mid Water Trawler Fish 12 Months over 250 GRT  Per Vessel

US$ 15,000.00 Per Vessel

Tuna Purse 3 Months GRT Per Vessel US$ 15,000.00 Per Vessel
Tuna Purse 6 Months US$ 18,750.00 Per Vessel
Tuna Purse 12 Months US$ 22,500.Per Vessel
Tuna Long Liners 3 Months US$ 10,000.00 Per Vessel
Tuna Long Liners 12 Months US 150,000.00 Per Vessel

Telecommunication License

License payments are made to the National Telecommunications unit (NATCOM)

Agriculture related License

Category Amount
Class 1 Timber/m3 Le 28,000.00
Class 2 Timber/m3 Le 26,000.00
Class 3 Timber/m3 Le 24,000.00
Timber Per Year Le 100,000.00
Clearance Acre Le 100,000.00
Rubber/ Ton US$ 200