Licenses

Mines related license

Diamonds

Annual charges for mineral rights Amount
Reconnaissance Licence (flat fee) $5,000
Exploration Licence (Years 1 to 4) $100 per km2
Exploration Licence (Years 5 to 9) – first 125 km2 $400 per km2
Exploration Licence (Years 5 to 9) –parts of areas in excess of 125 km2 $800 per km2
Artisanal Mining Licence Le 250,000.00
Small-scale Mining Licence $600 per hectare
Large-scale Mining Licence (flat fee) $500,000.00
Dredging permit (artisanal) $500.00
Dredging permit (exploration licences) $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 Licence (Full year) USD 35,000
Exporters Licence (Half year) USD 20,000
Exporters Agents Certificate USD 5,000
Non-Citizen Dealers Licence USD 1,000
Ecowas Citizen Dealers Licence USD 750
Citizen Dealers Licence USD 750,000
Ecowas Citizen Dealers Agents Cert. USD 1,000
Citizen Dealers Agents Cert. USD 750
Exporters Licence USD 5,000
Exporters Agents Certificate USD 2,500
Non-Citizens Dealers Licence USD 1,000
Ecowas Citizens Dealers Licence Le 500,000
Citizens Dealers Licence Le300,000
Ecowas Citizen Dealers Agents Cert Le 500,000
Citizen Dealers Agents Cert Le300, 000

Industrial and Sand Based Minerals

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

Category Amount
Exporters Licence USD 5,000
Exporters Agents Certificate USD 2,500
Non-Citizen Dealers Licence. USD 1,500
Ecowas Citizen Dealers Licence USD 500
Citizens Dealers Licence. Le75,000
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 GRT Per Vessel US$ 250,00 Per Vessel
Cephalopod 12 Months over 250 GRT Per Vessel US$ 75,000.00 Per Vessel
Demersal Trawlers 6 Months 150 GRT Per Vessel US$ 150.00 Per Vessel
Demersal Trawlers 6 Months over 250 GRT Per Vessel US$ 43,750.00 Per Vessel
Demersal Trawlers 12 Months 250 GRT  Per Vessel US$ 187.50 GRT PerVessel
Demersal Trawlers 12 Months over 250 GRT Per vessel US$ 50,000.00  Per Vessel
Mid Water Trawlers (Fish) 6 Months 150 GRT  Per Vessel US$ 150.00  Per Vessel
Mid Water Trawlers (Fish) 6 Months over 250 GRT Per Vessel US$ 187.50  Per Vessel
Mid Water Trawlers (Fish) 12 Months 250 GRT  Per Vessel US$ 187.50  Per Vessel
Mid Water Trawlers (Fish) 12 Months over 250 GRT Per Vessel US$ 50,000.00  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, 500.00 Per Vessel
Tuna Long Liners 3 Months US$10,000.00 Per Vessel
Tuna Long Liners 12 Months US$15,000.00 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
Clearance/ Acre LE 100,000.00