{"version":"1","article":{"id":"mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026","slug":"mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026?lang=en","title":"Mauritania mining-code draft could raise state participation to 25%","summary":"A consultation draft proposes a 15% state stake instead of 10%, with an option to acquire up to 10% more.","category":"fiscal","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-29","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Mauritanian News Agency (AMI)","url":"https://ami.mr/fr/archives/303321","publishedAt":"2026-09-29","checkedAt":"2026-10-06"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-mining-code-revision-state-equity-proposal-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Mauritania’s Ministry of Mines and Industry held a stakeholder workshop on September 29 on a draft mining code. The ministry is updating the framework first adopted in 2008, aiming to cover industrial and artisanal mining in one integrated law.","The director general of Mines and Geology said the draft proposes raising the state’s equity participation in operating companies from 10% to 15%, with an option to acquire up to 10% additional interest, potentially bringing the total to 25%. The text remains a proposal under consultation; it is not an enacted change."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"A consultation draft proposes a 15% state stake instead of 10%, with an option to acquire up to 10% more.\n\nMauritania’s Ministry of Mines and Industry held a stakeholder workshop on September 29 on a draft mining code. The ministry is updating the framework first adopted in 2008, aiming to cover industrial and artisanal mining in one integrated law.\n\nThe director general of Mines and Geology said the draft proposes raising the state’s equity participation in operating companies from 10% to 15%, with an option to acquire up to 10% additional interest, potentially bringing the total to 25%. The text remains a proposal under consultation; it is not an enacted change.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"fiscal","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/fiscal-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic public finance illustration with a civic building, balanced scale and closed books.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"fiscal","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/fiscal-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic public finance illustration with a civic building, balanced scale and closed books.","language":"en"}}}