The exploitation of this mineral could represent an opportunity for the economic development of the regions concerned in particular, and for Mali in general.
This would require the State, faced with the limitations of the policy followed to date, to modify its approach in order to effectively reconcile the multiple interests involved: i.e. to promote the attractiveness of investment while satisfying national stakes - to make the mining sector a real lever for the country's development.
In addition, a number of factors will need to be taken into account, including:
- Economic factors in the broadest sense (commodity prices, exchange rates, etc.);
- The rate at which known deposits are being mined;
- The grade of the deposits;
- The depth of the deposit and mining conditions, on which mining costs and therefore the profitability of the project partly depend; the evolution of the techniques used to mine the deposit, etc...