Mineral, Gas and Oil Exploration and Exploitation Law & Energy

Cameroon is endowed with abundant mineral wealth, but meaningful exploitation has been slow to materialize. Large amounts of kyanite (an aluminum silicate) and bauxite are deposited at Minim-Martap and Ngaoundéré on the Adamawa Plateau, and Cameroon’s cobalt deposits are significant enough to make it a major world producer. The industry needed to exploit the country’s bauxite and cobalt resources was in development in the early 21st century. Limestone deposited near Garoua is quarried for use in cement plants. There is some gold in eastern Cameroon, and cassiterite occurs in the Darlé River valley in the northeast. Other resources include iron ore (found at Kribi), uranium, rutile, nickel, and manganese.