Minexx Appoints Tariq Qureshi As General Counsel In Latest Senior Hire
LONDON, 5 July 2022 – Minexx has appointed Tariq Qureshi in the newly created role of General Counsel, bringing with him over 18 years’ of legal experience. Tariq Qureshi’s appointment as GC is the latest in a series of senior hires at Minexx, and follows the appointment of Dominique Kayigire as its Responsible Sourcing Manager […]
Rwanda Government Approved Minexx as Licensed Provider of Key Mineral Services
LONDON / KIGALI 30 May 2022 – Minexx has been approved by the Government of Rwanda to support artisanal miners access capital and supply global markets in a way that meets Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and International Conference on the Great Lakes Region responsible sourcing standards. Minexx helps artisanal and small mines (ASMs) […]
Minexx Expands Responsible Sourcing and Compliance Capabilities
Minexx today announces that it is expanding its capabilities with the appointment of Dominique Kayigire as its Responsible Sourcing Manager. This newly created role will further accelerate the company’s ability to secure mineral supply chains, from the moment they are unearthed to the point at which they are used in electronic products. Dominique joins Minexx […]
The path to net zero starts with how we source the minerals which enable it
Joint Minexx Solidaridad opinion piece As we turn our focus toward COP27 in Sharm-El-Sheikh in November this year, there is no doubt conversation will begin to focus on Africa’s role in reaching Net Zero. We expect to see the role of mineral extraction move into the spotlight. Minerals are fundamental for today’s modern society. They […]
Minexx Exports First Kilo Of Blockchain Tracked Gold From West Africa
LONDON December 16th, 2021 – Minexx has exported the first kilo of gold tracked through its platform from Burkina Faso, bringing transparency and trust to the supply chain. The company deploys its blockchain platform to secure the mineral supply chain bringing benefits for miners, smelters, traders, tech companies and governments. It crucially also brings compliance and […]
First kilogram traced and exported from Burkina Faso – Sprint 5 learnings with FCDO
It is always a key moment when a proof of concept turns into reality. During the fourth sprint we relayed how we had been looking to design our product for the gold market as well as developing our partnership model. We believe that to evolve the outdated mineral supply chain, it is going to be […]
Solidaridad and Minexx Seal Partnership to Improve the Mineral Supply Chain
Minexx has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Solidaridad, the leading global organisation focused on creating fair and sustainable supply chains. Minexx deploys its traceability platform to secure the mineral supply chain, bringing benefits to miners, smelters, traders, tech companies and governments. Solidaridad will contribute to the content development of the platform, so it can better […]
Deploying a fintech product and onboarding – Sprint 4 learnings with FCDO
During the fourth sprint we have been looking at how to design our product to the gold market and onboard more customers. Deploying a fintech product for the sector Minexx introduced a new fintech product offering focussed on providing access to financial products to our partners. Partners start with MineSmart (operating system for small scale […]
How consumers are driving change in mineral supply chains
We are closer to minerals than we think. The smartphones in our pockets are powered by them. So are many other key drivers of the clean tech transition such as electric vehicles. There are signs of the increasing influence of the ethical consumer. We increasingly want to know the provenance of what we are consuming […]
Field insights – Sprint 3 learnings with FCDO
During the third sprint as part of the FCDO programme we distilled our findings into a report looking at what we had learnt, made further improvements to the MineSmart product and undertook some sites visits to a mining area in DRC. Producing a learning report A major focus of the sprint was distilling our learnings […]
