Mining companies that are building processing plants will be excluded from the directive.

Managem, which operates in six African countries, is controlled by the royal family holding company Al Mada.

Police searched the miner's office in November 2021 seeking information on $2.7 million in bank transfers from Ivanhoe to a Swiss bank account in connection with contracts for its Congolese mining operations.

Harmony reported 13 fatalities in its 2022 financial year to June 30, up from 11 work-related deaths reported the previous year.

Privately-owned Broadmind Mining says the company had started assessing the economic viability of the Eisenberg deposit.

Police searched Ivanhoe's Vancouver office seeking information on $2.7 million in bank transfers related to its copper operations in the DRC.

Miner refutes claims, says corporate watchdog RAID had a history of making unfounded allegations about purported human rights abuses at North Mara.