LEGAL BASIS
Exporter licence
The 2022 Act expressly includes an exporter licence among the statutory licence categories. An exporter-licence applicant must be a legal person.
SIERRA LEONE · GOLD REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE
Sierra Leone
The Mines and Minerals Development Act 2022 provides for a separate exporter licence. The National Minerals Agency, through Precious Minerals Trading, oversees documentary, assay/valuation and export procedures for precious minerals.
Verified from official/legal sources · 13 September 2026
Current framework
DURATION
Up to one year
An exporter licence may be valid for up to one year and may be renewed annually subject to prescribed requirements.
RIGHTS
Purchase and export
The licence provides non-exclusive rights to buy from dealer licence holders and artisanal mining licence holders and export in accordance with Sierra Leone law.
EXPORT PROCESS
NMA / Precious Minerals Trading
NMA publishes gold-exporter requirements, steps to export gold and control procedures before the final gold certificate is released.
REGION INVESTS verification points
Current exporter licence, mineral scope, holder and validity period.
Permitted source of purchase and records supporting the supply chain.
Bank/FX evidence, assay/valuation, NMA/customs records and final gold certificate.
Current fees, duties and implementing requirements at the shipment date.
Important qualification: parts of NMA’s public operational page still reference the former Mines and Minerals Act 2009 and show inconsistent historical export-duty figures. REGION INVESTS does not treat those percentages as current without separate confirmation from NMA/current rules.
Official and legal sources
National Minerals Agency — Precious Minerals TradingOperational gold-export controls.NMA — Service CharterGold Exporter’s Licence and Steps to Export Gold.Mines and Minerals Development Act 2022 — SierraLIISections 27 and 128–132 on exporter licensing.
Licences, charges and export requirements are re-verified at the date of each live shipment.