Monthly Archives: May 2018

The currently in force AFROSAI-E guideline on “Audit Considerations For Extractive Industries” was updated from a 2013 version in the year 2015. The update resulted in some sections of the 2013 version being deemed irrelevant after implementation in the region, such as detailed audit procedures, being removed. Some of the sections where re-written in order…

In 2017, the State Audit Office of Vietnam conducted an audit on State management of mineral exploration and mining during the period 2014-2016 at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) and 08 provinces/cities. One of the most important tasks of the audit was “auditing the licensing of mineral…

In Uganda Minerals are owned by the state in trust for the people of Uganda as stated in the Mining Act 2003. However, there is no requirement for state participation nor to have a company or corporation that can hold the commercial interests of the state in the mining industry. Bearing in mind the mineral…

The Office of the Auditor General Zambia hosted the second meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group on Audit of Extractive Industries (WGEI) learning task force in Lusaka, Zambia from 9th to 12th April, 2018. The purpose of the meeting was to review and update the draft Extractive Industries Training Curriculum. The meeting was officially opened by the…