Reliance West Africa positions itself as an integrated mining operator: geological exploration, selective extraction, first-stage local processing and upstream logistics towards export ports. This integration captures added value at every step rather than externalising it.
Our approach targets industrial and precious minerals whose value chains can be structured over time. We favour deposits where first-stage local processing is technically and economically viable, so as to avoid the pure export of unprocessed ore.
West Africa concentrates strategic resources but has historically suffered from low rates of local valorisation. RWA contributes to reshaping this model by investing in skills, industrial tooling and the connecting infrastructure required for a sustainable move up the value chain.
Each project is run in compliance with host-state mining codes: consultation with the communities concerned, site rehabilitation plans and the traceability requirements applicable to sensitive minerals. ESG commitments are written into the contract from the funding round onwards.
The mining sector connects to our infrastructure (access roads, industrial equipment), energy (powering remote sites, hybrid mini-grids), transport (evacuation corridors to ports) and technology (sensors, supervision, environmental reporting) businesses, forming a coherent skill chain across the territory.