Sustainable Development

Yato Artisanal, a Sustainable Mining Business


Our standards which is responsible gold mining has a positive impact in fostering long-term growth in our community while delivering sustainable returns.

It is all hands on-deck, to protect the environment, and deliver local employment, education and enterprise.

We have built a resilient and reliable business, by listening to the needs and concerns of our community Yato, remaining committed to deliver lasting commercial value through artisanal gold mining business in Cameroon.

As we continue to expand our operations, Yato Artisanal will strive to set a new standard for responsible mining by promoting and protecting our value and our values.

Our Approach

We believe responsible gold mining can play a key role in sustainable development. We maintain high standards of governance, deep respect for the environment and care for the welfare of our employees, contractors and the communities in which we operate. We understand and manage health, safety, environmental and social risks and opportunities to ensure safe and stable exploration, development and operation of our mines; maximizing the value we create for our local communities.

We continue to broaden our approach to sustainability, increasingly integrating sustainability in our decision-making so that it is part of what we achieve and how we achieve as an artisanal-mine, multi-jurisdictional gold producer.

This is key to our community’s vision and delivering on our mission to create material value for all our stakeholders, in fair and equitable proportions, as a 100,000+ ounce per year gold producer.

Materiality Analysis & Sustainability Framework

We review our sustainability materiality analyses each year to focus our efforts on the key issues that are important to our operations, shareholders, host governments, communities, and customers. In 2020, we engaged independent sustainability risk expert, KPMG, to refresh our materiality analysis, and conduct a deeper analysis of our sustainability risks and opportunities. These material issues and focus areas are outlined in our Sustainability Performance Framework. In line with our commitment and to advance our annual analysis, we intend to conduct a comprehensive review of our materiality analysis in FY24 to update our material sustainability topics and ratings