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Sustainability

Responsibility where the work happens.

Mining depends on the people and places around it. BYM's sustainability work is practical and site-level: who is employed, how water and land are managed, and how decisions are recorded.

Workers standing on and beside a wooden sluice box as muddy water runs through it
BavidiliBafwasende Territory · Tshopo Province
Licensed Operations
100%
All cooperatives fully licensed under DRC Mining Code
Local Workforce
100%
Prioritizing employment from surrounding communities
Community Engagement
Active
Continuous dialogue with local stakeholders
Environmental Mgmt
Progressive
Evolving environmental stewardship practices

Our position

Four priorities, set by the sites themselves.

A semi-industrial gold mine in eastern Congo is a local enterprise before it is anything else. The workforce comes from the villages around the site, the water comes from the same streams the villages use, and the land that is worked will be handed back.

BYM’s priorities follow from that: local participation through the cooperative model, skills for the people who run the equipment and the processing circuit, water and land management designed into the mining method, and governance that is transparent to partners and authorities.

The pages in this section describe what is practised and what is committed to. The headline indicators above are the company’s own statements; the H1 2025 ESG report is shared on request rather than published here.

Commitments

What BYM commits to at every site.

Vertical view into the Bavidili pit, with a water pipe descending the slope towards a working sluice
BavidiliBafwasende Territory · Tshopo Province
  1. 01

    Local employment

    Employment opportunities for members of surrounding communities, with skills training and development pathways.

  2. 02

    Community participation

    Structured dialogue with cooperative partners and local stakeholders, and benefit-sharing through the cooperative model.

  3. 03

    Environmental stewardship

    Water management, sediment control and progressive rehabilitation of worked areas.

  4. 04

    Capacity building

    Technical training, safety education and professional development for operational personnel.

In detail

Environment, people and governance.

Reporting status

BYM’s ESG report for the first half of 2025 and its site-level documentation are not published on this website; they are shared on request.

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