Mining site

BOA

BOA is a site of the mapping of de facto artisanal sites of Haut-Katanga by the provincial directorate of SAEMAPE, the artisanal mining service, in Kasenga territory, on title PR 4696. The mapping is a presentation whose file is dated 18 November 2019. It is also listed in ITIE-RDC’s study of 15 July 2025 and the SAEMAPE list of ITIE-RDC’s report of March 2023 (heading “Non toléré”). The 2025 study prints title PE 2128.

Evidence of commodities

sector-register only; site commodity split unresolved

Location and title

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  • Approximate location

    Why it is approximate: The mapping prints “11°04’00’’” south and “27°35’30’’” east for BOA, in a presentation whose file is dated 18 November 2019; it is not established as an individual working, a site centroid, a title boundary, or a current operating location.

    Reported coordinate
    11.06667° S · 27.59167° E
    Precision
    Converted from the degrees, minutes and seconds that the SAEMAPE Haut-Katanga mapping prints; the datum and point-collection method are not stated.
    Evidence as of
    after 2018
    Coordinate reference system
    Unstated in the source

    Cartographie des sites d'exploitation artisanale de fait dans le Haut-Katanga ↗SAEMAPE Haut-Katanga / IDAK

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Reported mining title
PR 4696

Open questions

  • No sourced relationship is included for this actor or site yet. This does not establish that no relationship exists.

Sources

Sources support the description and the individual connections below. Publication and checking dates belong to the evidence: when it was published, and when this Hub last read it.

3 sources

ITIE-RDC / EITI

  1. Contribution à la mobilisation des ressources domestiques au travers de l’amélioration de la gouvernance de la filière artisanale cuivre-cobalt ↗

    Published November 2025 · Checked 23 September 2026

    CDM et THOMAS sont les principaux acheteurs des produits de Kasulo.

    p.175, Table 23 “PE occupés par des sites miniers artisanaux dans le Haut-Katanga”, rows “PE2128 / BOA / KASENGA ET PWETO” and “PEPM2128 / BOA / KASENGA”.

  2. Rapport ITIE sur le secteur de l’exploitation minière artisanale et à petite échelle dans la chaine de valeur du cuivre-cobalt-zinc ↗

    Published March 2023 · Checked 23 September 2026

    la ZEA 786, à Kasulo, dans le secteur de Kolwezi Est dans le Lualaba

    p.271, Annex 13 “Liste des sites miniers artisanaux (SAEMAPE)”, column “HAUT KATANGA / Non toléré”: “BOA”.

SAEMAPE Haut-Katanga / IDAK

  1. Cartographie des sites d'exploitation artisanale de fait dans le Haut-Katanga ↗

    after 2018 · Checked 24 September 2026

    The SAEMAPE provincial director's table gives named site coordinates, permit references and rights holders for MIDINGI and MILELE.

    PDF p.10, table “CARTOGRAPHIE DES SITES D’EXPLOITATATION ARTISANALE DE FAIT DANS LE HAUT-KATANGA”, row “24”: site “BOA”, title “PR 4696”, latitude south “11°04’00’’”, longitude east “27°35’30’’”; the column “OBSERVATIONS” reads “Territoire de Kasenga”.