Sadiola Explained

Sadiola
Settlement Type:Commune and town
Pushpin Map:Mali
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mali
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mali
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Kayes Region
Subdivision Type2:Cercle
Subdivision Name2:Kayes Cercle
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:5010
Population As Of:2009 census
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:39305
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:13.8889°N -11.7028°W

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]

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Kayes) . République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique. fr . dead. 2011-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215728/http://instat.gov.ml/documentation/kayes.pdf. .
  3. Web site: Communes de la Région de Kayes . Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309074020/http://www.matcl.gov.ml/pdf/ComRegKayes.pdf . 2012-03-09 . .
  4. Web site: Annual Report 2020. 2020. S2.Q4CDN.com. 2022-08-24. live. 2021-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425131856/https://s2.q4cdn.com/610165863/files/doc_financials/2020/ar/FINAL-IAMGOLD_2020-Annual-Report_EN.pdf.
  5. Web site: IAMGOLD Completes Sale of Its Interest in the Sadiola Gold Mine. newsfile. 2022-08-24.