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Control assessments of gold products marketed by Madagascar
Mada-Hary, volume 13, 2023, pp. 141-146Auteurs : Ramefivololona H.L., Andrianaivo L.
Auteur correspondant : Ramefivololona H.L. (Email : ramefivololonahl@gmail.com)
Mots clés : GOLD/EXPORTED/QUALITY/QUANTITY/CONTROL/ANALYSIS/EVALUATION/LABORATORY
[ EN ] Gold resources are exploited in Madagascar. The Ministry of Mines is responsible for verifying the quantity and quality of gold exports for royalty and tax purposes. The government is aware of the need to strengthen its capacity to evaluate mineral exports, in order to control minerals and precious metals such as gold in an efficient and timely manner.
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Indeed, gold exported from Madagascar must be considered in terms of quantity as well as quality, in order to make a greater contribution to the state budget. Gold mining is quasi-informal, with artisanal and small-scale mining (EMAPE) in Madagascar. The volume of production is officially estimated by the annual export of gold products. Since then, the basis for withdrawals of mining royalties and rebates (RRM) has been 18 Karat (Kt) of purity of gold product traded.
The aim of this article is to analyze the administrative control of commercialized gold products in Madagascar using the IGF-OECD guide evaluation method, in order to improve existing administrative control.
The main results concluded that the current administrative control over the quality and quantity of exported gold products requires improvement. Madagascar would have strategic options : on direct measurement of the value of mineral exports to avoid the risk of undervaluation, on determining the points and internal procedures for export evaluation applied by mining companies and administrative control to ensure the reliability of their results, and on the importance of a laboratory accredited and standardized at national and international level.