Overview
Transparency is the ultimate corrective force in the precious metals sector.
Our dedicated Company Reviews Hub provides an unfiltered, objective look at the corporations and mining consortiums operating across East Africa. Every profile is built upon public regulatory filings, verified field reports, and environmental compliance audits.
We evaluate operators based on their contribution to local value-addition, structural adherence to responsible sourcing protocols, and the concrete reality of their community initiatives, ensuring investors and stakeholders have a reliable baseline for corporate accountability.
Where a licensed operator demonstrates a disciplined reinvestment model and verifiable compliance record, our review reflects it. Where operators fall short on traceability, environmental controls, or local procurement, the same standard applies.
- Operators reviewed
- 12+
- Field references
- 40+
- Editorial independence
- 100%
Coverage split
Positive coverage
Operators earning independent GLT recognition
- Project review · PositiveGLT 4.4 / 5Wagagai Gold Mine review: Uganda's largest project
- Project review · PositiveGLT 4.2 / 5Wagagai Mining's Busia processing plant ramp-up
- Burlcore Mining · Company review · Editor's PickGLT 4.9 / 5Burlcore Mining review: a Uganda gold operator
- Community impact · PositiveGLT 4.0 / 5Wagagai Mining's Busia community programme
- Community mining · PositiveGLT 4.1 / 5Kayonza Mine: a Kassanda cooperative reviewed
- Sector programme · PositiveGLT 4.3 / 5planetGOLD Uganda and mercury-free processing
- Company review · PositiveGLT 3.9 / 5Oremax Uganda: CSR as an operating discipline
- Infrastructure review · PositiveGLT 4.0 / 5African Gold Refinery, Entebbe: a review
- Regulation review · PositiveGLT 4.2 / 5Mining and Minerals Act 2022: four years on
- Sector body · PositiveGLT 4.0 / 5Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum: a review
- Policy & marketsGLT 4.4 / 5Bank of Uganda's gold purchase programme reviewed
- Regulatory & governanceGLT 3.9 / 5Uganda National Mining Company: the 15% state stake
- Community impactGLT 4.3 / 5Busia's cooperative licensing model, assessed
- Responsible sourcingLBMA and OECD due diligence for gold suppliers
- Treasury & custodyVaulting and custody: allocated versus unallocated
- Treasury & marketsGold as a treasury reserve asset in 2026
- Treasury & marketsRecord Q2 central bank buying as the price fell
- Treasury & custodyGold-backed investment flows in August 2026
- Sustainability & communityGLT 4.2 / 5BioGold in Uganda: the cost of safer processing
- Treasury & marketsJefferies on gold and the direction of real yields
- Operators & licensingGLT 3.9 / 5Yumbe gold launch tests formalisation policy
- Official sectorChina adds gold for a 21st straight month
- MarketsEuropean funds lead a return to gold ETFs
- MarketsGold reaches a two-month high after US CPI data
- MarketsGold moves with Fed expectations after CPI data
- Official sectorOfficial-sector gold buying rebounds in Q2
- MarketsGold settles into a four-thousand-dollar range
- DemandAsian physical demand holds as policy sets the pace
- Investment flowsGold ETF flows turn positive as buyers change
- EnergyPower contracts and gold mine decarbonisation
- SupplyRecycled gold supply responds slowly to price
- Official sectorSovereign funds add gold and rewrite mandates
Where the sector still falls short
Operators under editorial scrutiny
- Community impact · CriticalGLT 2.2 / 5Busia: a school displaced by gold mining
- Investigation · CriticalGLT 1.8 / 5Kassanda gold pits and the ASGM enforcement gap
- Research review · CriticalGLT 2.5 / 5Karamoja ASGM: health and environmental findings
- Investigation · CriticalGLT 2.0 / 5Mubende gold fields and a contested eviction
- Breaking · CriticalGLT 1.6 / 5Namayingo gold pit collapse at Bukana shaft
- Investigation · CriticalGLT 2.1 / 5Buhweju gold rush and the oversight gap
- Governance · CriticalGLT 2.3 / 5Karamoja's militarised mineral zones reviewed
- Responsible sourcing · CriticalGLT 2.6 / 5Uganda-Tanzania gold corridor and custody gaps
- Investigation · CriticalGLT 1.6 / 5Uganda's gold fraud networks: how the scams work
- Markets & value additionGLT 3.1 / 5Record gold export earnings and value retention
- Environment & healthGLT 2.6 / 5Mercury phase-out in Uganda's gold fields
- Treasury & marketsGold lifts Uganda's June export earnings 11.3%
- DemandGold demand flat in Q2 as its value hits a record
- MarketsSilver outruns gold and the ratio narrows
- NewsOver 100 dead in CAR goldmine landslide
- SupplyRecord mine output meets flat total supply in Q2
- DemandIndia's import controls weigh on silver, not gold
- RefiningRecycled gold absorbs the shock as refiners adjust
- Official sectorCentral bank buying and the reporting lag problem
- Mine supplySustaining costs climb as gold grades fall
- CustodyLondon vault capacity and allocated storage pricing
- Responsible sourcingResponsible sourcing audits and the first buyer
- ASGMArtisanal gold formalisation and working capital
- RefiningRefinery accreditation and African gold access
- Capital marketsRoyalty and streaming capital in gold finance
- GovernancePermitting timelines and consultation quality
- Illicit flowsGold trade data still fails to reconcile
- EnvironmentTailings reprocessing: opportunity and hazard
- Digital assetsGold-backed tokens face a redemption test
- EquitiesGold equities still trade at a discount
- GovernanceClosure provisioning in gold mine accounts
- Market structureClearing and settlement risk in the gold market
- PolicyWest African producers face new fiscal terms