Sadiola

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Sadiola
Commune and town
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Sadiola
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 13°53′20″N11°42′10″W / 13.88889°N 11.70278°W / 13.88889; -11.70278 Coordinates: 13°53′20″N11°42′10″W / 13.88889°N 11.70278°W / 13.88889; -11.70278
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Region Kayes Region
Cercle Kayes Cercle
Area
[1]
 • Total5,010 km2 (1,930 sq mi)
Population
 (2009 census) [2]
 • Total39,305
 • Density7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Sadiola is a commune and small town in western Mali, south of Kayes. The commune includes 46 villages [3] and in 2009 had a population of 39,305.

Sadiola has two large open cast gold mines, the Société d'Exploitation des Mines d'Or de Sadiola S.A (SEMOS) als to referred to as the Sadiola Gold Mine and the Yatela Gold Mine. Both mines were operated by Anglogold-Ashanti as joint ventures with IAMGOLD and the Republic of Mali. [4] In February 2019, Sadiola Exploration Limited ("SADEX"), a subsidiary jointly held by IAMGOLD and AGA entered into an agreement to sell their interest (80%) in Société d’Exploitation des Mines d’Or de Yatela (SEMOY) to the Mali government. By the end of 2020, IAMGOLD and AGA sold 80% of their interests in the Sadiola mine [5] to the private mid-tier producer Allied Gold Corp and 1% to the Republic of Mali (upping their interest from 18% to 20%). [4]

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The Société d'Exploitation des Mines d'Or de Sadiola S.A (SEMOS) project is an open-pit gold mine situated near Sadiola, in the Kayes Region of Mali. The operation was jointly owned by AngloGold Ashanti and IAMGOLD, who each had an effective holding of 41%, while the Government of Mali owned the remaining 18%. The International Finance Corporation originally held 6% of the mine put sold this share equally to AGA and IAMGOLD in December 2009.

References

  1. ↑ Plan de Sécurité Alimentaire Commune Rurale de Sadiola 2007-2011 (PDF) (in French), Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, République du Mali, USAID-Mali, 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-22.
  2. ↑ "Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Kayes)" (PDF) (in French). République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22..
  3. ↑ "Communes de la Région de Kayes" (PDF) (in French). Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09..
  4. 1 2 "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). S2.Q4CDN.com. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  5. ↑ "IAMGOLD Completes Sale of Its Interest in the Sadiola Gold Mine". newsfile. Retrieved 2022-08-24.


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