The possession, transportation, processing and marketing of mineral substances be it derived from non-industrial or semi-mechanized non-industrial mining shall not be exercised by any person be it a physical person or moral person unless such a person is the holder of a valid individual non-industrial mining operator’s card, the individual collector card, a non-industrial mining license or a license to open a marketing office.
Hence in accordance with the mining code of 2016, non-industrial and semi-mechanized non-industrial mining operators may sell their mining products only to collectors, marketing offices or to any structure established or authorized by the state.
The marketing of mineral substances derived from non-industrial or semi-mechanized non-industrial mining shall be open to any natural or legal person governed by Cameroon law. It shall be subject to issuance of a license by the minister in charge of mines under the terms and conditions laid down by regulation.