The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) International Secretariat was on an official high-level mission to Sierra Leone from 5-6 June 2025. The EITI delegation comprised Mr Mark Robinson, EITI Executive Director, Mr Gilbert Makore, Regional Director Anglophone and Lusophone Africa, and Williams Enenche Noah, Anglophone Africa Officer.
The primary objective of the mission was to engage with high level government officials including the Vice President of Sierra Leone to secure strong commitment towards EITI implementation, as well understand the government’s priorities within the extractive sector. During the visit, the EITI delegation met with the Honourable Vice President, Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh who is the EITI champion in Sierra Leone and extensively discussed the current administration’s commitment to EITI implementation and its role in strengthening transparency and accountability in Sierra Leone extractive sector. The delegation also met with relevant stakeholders including the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources, National Mineral Agency, Environment Protection Agency, Anti-Corruption Commission, Chamber of Mines and the Sierra Leone EITI multi-stakeholder group comprising government, civil society organisations and private companies operating in the extractive sector.
Discussions during the visit focused on Sierra Leone strategic ambition to increase domestic revenue mobilisation, by advancing value addition in the mining sector through comprehensive reforms and strategic initiatives, and how transparency efforts through the EITI can support, as well as contribute to responsible investment and inform sustainable resource management. The EITI Executive Director commended the visible progress made in addressing gaps from Sierra Leon’s previous assessment of progress in implementing the EITI Standard, while providing strategic recommendations and communicating available support to ensure further progress.
Amid growing global demand for minerals, Sierra Leone is well-positioned to leverage its resource wealth to drive sustainable economic transformation. However, as past commodity booms have demonstrated, higher resource revenues are not always guaranteed. The evolving global context and demand for minerals driven by the energy transition has also heightened corruption risks in the extractive sector, reinforcing the urgency of transparent and accountable resource governance. These risks include allocation of licenses, contractual terms, accounting for all revenue flows from the extractive sector, and the management of extractive revenues.
To optimise this opportunity, the government of Sierra Leone will need to deepen transparency through enhanced data disclosures and multi-stakeholder dialogue to further drive accountability. Strengthening oversight of licensing using beneficial ownership information, ensuring transparency in mineral production and export revenues, and improving corporate and mine-level revenue disclosures are practical measures that will further promote integrity in the extractive sector.
EITI Executive Director Mark Robinson communicated the relevance of EITI implementation in Sierra Leone. He had a strong message for the government to further leverage EITI implementation to improve revenue mobilisation, ensure transparent and accountable management of extractive sector revenue and trigger public debate and accountability on subnational revenue flows. Additionally, he encouraged the government to leverage the Sierra Leone EITI multi-stakeholder group – chaired by the Minster of State Office of the Vice-President, Honourable Manty Tarawalli as a strategic and technical platform for broader consultation in developing data-driven, coherent and coordinated reforms.
In 2022, Sierra Leone achieved a score of 87.5/100 score in implementing the EITI Standard, indicating a high level of progress, particularly in transparency reforms and community engagement. Sierra Leone’s next assessment is scheduled to commence in January 2027. The 2023 EITI Standard provides a framework to further tackle corruption and enhance domestic revenue mobilisation.
The EITI International Secretariat remains committed to working with Sierra Leone in deepening transparency, improving revenue management, and reinforcing investor confidence in the extractive sector.
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) International Secretariat was on an official high-level mission to Sierra Leone from 5-6 June 2025. The EITI delegation comprised Mr Mark Robinson, EITI Executive Director, Mr Gilbert Makore, Regional Director Anglophone and Lusophone Africa, and Williams Enenche Noah, Anglophone Africa Officer.
The primary objective of the mission was to engage with high level government officials including the Vice President of Sierra Leone to secure strong commitment towards EITI implementation, as well understand the government’s priorities within the extractive sector. During the visit, the EITI delegation met with the Honourable Vice President, Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh who is the EITI champion in Sierra Leone and extensively discussed the current administration’s commitment to EITI implementation and its role in strengthening transparency and accountability in Sierra Leone extractive sector. The delegation also met with relevant stakeholders including the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources, National Mineral Agency, Environment Protection Agency, Anti-Corruption Commission, Chamber of Mines and the Sierra Leone EITI multi-stakeholder group comprising government, civil society organisations and private companies operating in the extractive sector.
Discussions during the visit focused on Sierra Leone strategic ambition to increase domestic revenue mobilisation, by advancing value addition in the mining sector through comprehensive reforms and strategic initiatives, and how transparency efforts through the EITI can support, as well as contribute to responsible investment and inform sustainable resource management. The EITI Executive Director commended the visible progress made in addressing gaps from Sierra Leon’s previous assessment of progress in implementing the EITI Standard, while providing strategic recommendations and communicating available support to ensure further progress.
Amid growing global demand for minerals, Sierra Leone is well-positioned to leverage its resource wealth to drive sustainable economic transformation. However, as past commodity booms have demonstrated, higher resource revenues are not always guaranteed. The evolving global context and demand for minerals driven by the energy transition has also heightened corruption risks in the extractive sector, reinforcing the urgency of transparent and accountable resource governance. These risks include allocation of licenses, contractual terms, accounting for all revenue flows from the extractive sector, and the management of extractive revenues.
To optimise this opportunity, the government of Sierra Leone will need to deepen transparency through enhanced data disclosures and multi-stakeholder dialogue to further drive accountability. Strengthening oversight of licensing using beneficial ownership information, ensuring transparency in mineral production and export revenues, and improving corporate and mine-level revenue disclosures are practical measures that will further promote integrity in the extractive sector.
EITI Executive Director Mark Robinson communicated the relevance of EITI implementation in Sierra Leone. He had a strong message for the government to further leverage EITI implementation to improve revenue mobilisation, ensure transparent and accountable management of extractive sector revenue and trigger public debate and accountability on subnational revenue flows. Additionally, he encouraged the government to leverage the Sierra Leone EITI multi-stakeholder group – chaired by the Minster of State Office of the Vice-President, Honourable Manty Tarawalli as a strategic and technical platform for broader consultation in developing data-driven, coherent and coordinated reforms.
In 2022, Sierra Leone achieved a score of 87.5/100 score in implementing the EITI Standard, indicating a high level of progress, particularly in transparency reforms and community engagement. Sierra Leone’s next assessment is scheduled to commence in January 2027. The 2023 EITI Standard provides a framework to further tackle corruption and enhance domestic revenue mobilisation.
The EITI International Secretariat remains committed to working with Sierra Leone in deepening transparency, improving revenue management, and reinforcing investor confidence in the extractive sector.
