Edy Blom
Technical sectretary
The NCEA received a request from the Guinean Environmental Assessment Agency (AGEE) to conduct an independent review of the scoping report and Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the Nimba Development Company (NDC) mining project in Lola Prefecture, Nzérékoré Region, Guinea. Next to Mrs. Edy Blom and Mrs. Joyce Kortlandt, Mr. Landry Fanou and Mr.Alex Puisais were also involved in this project as technical secretary and quality reader, respectively.
Significant details
The Nimba Development Company (NDC) is carrying out a mining project in the Guinée Forestière region, in the south-east of Guinea. The project concerns the construction and operation of an iron ore mine and its associated infrastructure in the buffer zone of the Mount Nimba reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its high biodiversity value. The project is awaiting the construction and operation phase and the NDC has submitted a scoping report and ToR for the ESIA required for its permit.
At the request of the AGEE, the NCEA also produced an advice on the scoping report and ToR of the ESIA of the mining project of the Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée (SMFG) located within the enclave of the Mount Nimba World Heritage site. The NCEA therefore combined the country and site visit for both projects. Two independent advices are produced for the two projects respectively.