The Gabonese government announced at the Council of Ministers on Thursday 18 December 2025, the launch of a vast audit of the sector mining.

The Government of Gabon has the vision of “strengthen transparency, accountability and fairness.” According to the Information, This initiative places this major producer of manganese in alongside Ghana, the other African country that has recently initiated a reform similar in 2025. Last October, Accra invited gold producers operating on its territory to transmit their financial data covering last ten years. This program, which should end in June 2026, will include on the examination of accounting records, tax payments and exports from the audited actors. While the timetable is still to be specified, some Elements have already been communicated concerning the implementation of the mining audit launched in Gabon.

Like Ghana, Gabon hosts several foreign mining companies such as the French Eramet, the Chinese Huazhou and the Australian Fortescue. According to ITIE-Gabon, the mining sector represented only 7% of The country's extractive revenues in 2022, compared to 93% for hydrocarbons. Au Ghana on the other hand, the mining sector remains a pillar of the economy, gold representing 7.2% of the national GDP alone in 2023.