Entry

Kouroussa

The physical place gold comes out of: a pit, a shaft, an alluvial working or a named site.

TypeMine site / workingsRelationships7Claims held7Checked2026-09First held2026-08
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Corroborated2Single source5
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owned by · As reportedlocated in · As reportedoperated by · As reportedparticipates in · As reportedlocated in · Historicalsupplies · HistoricalKouroussa — Mine site / workingsKouroussa Gold Mine SA — Producer organisationGuinea — Jurisdiction / administrative areaAPOCO — Association/Cooperative of Panners and Gold Buyers — Producer organisationplanetGOLD Guinea — Initiative / programmeRand Refinery (Pty) Ltd — Refinery / smelter
Guinea
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Tenure and control2

operated byAPOCO — Association/Cooperative of Panners and Gold BuyersProducer organisationSingle source
As reported
Evidence

One source states this, and it is labelled as one source.

SourceGlobal Mercury Project / Blacksmith Institute — Technical Mission to the Artisanal Gold Mines in Upper GuineaOrigingold-hubObserved2006-04Asserted2026-09-05

owned byKouroussa Gold Mine SAProducer organisationCorroborated
As reported
Evidence (2)

Two or more independent sources state this.

  • LocatorGlobal Mining Review, on the grant of the Kouroussa mining licences; 'the right to a 15% non-dilutable free carried interest in the share capital' || BASIS — owner of the project; Guinean State 15% non-dilutable free carried interest through SOGUIPAMI. NO OPERATES EDGE IS ASSERTED: mine-site:guinea-kouroussa already carries an OPERATES edge from producer:apoco, an artisanal panners' association sourced to a Global Mercury Project mission in Upper Guinea — almost certainly a different, artisanal Kouroussa. That conflation is reported, not compounded.Documentrecord:gmr-kouroussa-licences · externalLinkwww.globalminingreview.com/mining/24052021/hummingbird-resources QuoteHeld, display gated pending the permissions review.
  • LocatorGuineenews, 27 August 2026Documentrecord:guineenews-kouroussa-2026 · externalLinkguineenews.org/2026/08/27/guinee-mansa-resources-veut-faire-mont QuoteHeld, display gated pending the permissions review.

SourceGlobal Mining Review corroborated by GuineenewsOrigingold-hubObserved2026-09Asserted2026-09-11

Geography2

located inGuineaJurisdiction / administrative areaSingle source
Historical · 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31
Evidence

One source states this, and it is labelled as one source.

  • LocatorSourcing data; code humre: xmn-kouroussa; selections [["GN", 2024, "lsm"]]Documentsource-document:swiss-precious-metals-transparency-platform-public-sourcing-data · externalLinkpm-transparency.swiss/en/sourcing-data QuoteHeld, display gated pending the permissions review.

SourceSwiss Precious Metals Transparency Platform (ASMP member reporting)Origingold-hubObserved2026-09-11Asserted2026-09-11

Chain of custody1

suppliesRand Refinery (Pty) LtdRefinery / smelterSingle source
Historical · 2024-09 → 2025-08
Evidence

One source states this, and it is labelled as one source.

  • LocatorLBMA Responsible Gold and Silver — RR Compliance Report 2025, p.17, table 'List of WGC Depositing Mines', row for guinea-kouroussaDocumentrecord:rand-refinery-lbma-compliance-2025 · externalLinkwww.randrefinery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/LBMA-Responsible QuoteHeld, display gated pending the permissions review.

SourceRand Refinery (Pty) LtdOrigingold-hubAsserted2026-09-02

Events and evidence1

mentioned inSwiss Precious Metals Transparency Platform — Public sourcing dataSource documentSingle source
As reported
Evidence

One source states this, and it is labelled as one source.

  • LocatorSourcing data; code humre: xmn-kouroussa; selections [["GN", 2024, "lsm"]]Documentsource-document:swiss-precious-metals-transparency-platform-public-sourcing-data · externalLinkpm-transparency.swiss/en/sourcing-data QuoteHeld, display gated pending the permissions review.

SourceSwiss Precious Metals Transparency Platform (ASMP member reporting)Origingold-hubObserved2026-09-11Asserted2026-09-11

Participation and support1

participates inplanetGOLD GuineaInitiative / programmeSingle source
As reportedRoleplanetGOLD-referenced administrative area, centroid stand-in (named intervention zone (prefecture-level); resolved to the prefecture-seat town)
Evidence

One source states this, and it is labelled as one source.

  • LocatorKouroussa, Guinea — the record calls this an administrative reference (planetgold-gps-wave1a-west-africa-2026-08-18/guinea.json)Documentrecord:planetgold-located-sites · externalLinkwww.planetgold.org/

SourceplanetGOLDOrigingold-hubAsserted2026-08-29

Sequence
  1. 2024-01-01located in · GuineaStart
  2. 2024-09supplies · Rand Refinery (Pty) LtdStart
  3. 2024-12-31located in · GuineaHistorical
  4. 2025-08supplies · Rand Refinery (Pty) LtdHistorical
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