Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources

The Ministry supports a network of regional offices in Makeni, Bo, Kenema and Kono, each headed by a Government Mines Engineer.

[2] MMR has since 2009 implemented the Mining Cadastre Administration System (MCAS), provided by the Revenue Development Foundation.

In early 2011, MMR started to publish all licenses and corresponding payments made by mining companies in the GoSL Online Repository, which was formally launched and opened to the public 19 January 2012.

[3] Sierra Leone is a candidate country for the Extraction Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), and has established the SLEITI secretariat under the President's Office.

The political head of the Ministry is the Minister of Mineral Resources, and by consequence the direct representative of The President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma.

The Ministry is divided into three main sections: The Office of the Permanent Secretary is responsible for coordination, monitoring and ensuring that policies emanating from Government are effectively implemented.

A steering committee was established including industry, government and civil society and an official launch of the Sierra Leone EITI was held in June 2007.