Badalabougou SEMA, Rue 117, Porte 79, Bamako, Mali

Ma.Bko.2013.M.1610

MARKO MINING, a Malian company, is an involved person under the Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 on that basis that it is associated with the Wagner Group (now renamed as the “Africa Corps” or “Expeditionary Corps”), being a person which is and has been involved in threatening the peace, stability and security of Mali and/or undermining efforts to implement the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali.

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

2024-11-07

UK

The Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

UN, UK country specific

Mali

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are not made available to or for the benefit of designated persons, either directly or indirectly. • The effect of the Regulations is to impose a travel ban on persons who are designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of being made subject to immigration sanctions under the Sanctions Act.

The Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They put in place sanctions measures to ensure the UK continues to meet its obligations under the United Nations sanctions regime relating to Mali, and to promote: • the peace, stability and security of Mali • the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali • respect for local, regional and state institutions in Mail • respect for the Malian defence and security forces • respect for the governance or implementation mechanisms referred to in, or established in accordance with, the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali • the effective delivery of the mandates of the international security, peace-support and capacity-building missions and mechanisms in Mali • respect for humanitarian assistance activity in Mali • compliance with the rules of international humanitarian law applicable to the armed conflicts in Mali, and • respect for human rights in Mali These regulations have replaced, with substantially the same effect, relevant existing EU legislation and related UK regulations.

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.