Our Prestigious and Exciting Cooperative Champions of Mineral Resources (COCACREM), along with its team of talented professionals specialized in the extraction, exploitation, transformation, and marketing of the highest quality and quantity of gold, diamonds, and other minerals in the Central African Republic (CAR).
The Central African Republic is located at the heart of the African continent, between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer, equidistant from the Mediterranean and the Cape of Good Hope, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Aden. CAR has a humid tropical climate, experiencing alternating wet seasons (from May to June to October-November) and dry seasons (from November to May). It covers an area of 623,000 km2 with an estimated population of 4.9 million people, resulting in a density of 7.2 inhabitants/km2.
Religions: Christianity, Islam, Animism.
Official Languages: French, Sango.
Currency: CFA Franc.
The capital is Bangui.

The country (Central African Republic) is rich in natural resources, including gold, diamonds, uranium, oil, and hydroelectric energy, among other potentially significant but untapped resources. Despite having impressive agricultural potential, vast mineral resources, and expansive equatorial forests and dense savannas, some resources remain unexplored. Prospect campaigns during the colonial period identified 34 substances distributed across 470 mineral indices. Only gold, diamonds, sands, granitoids, and quartzites contribute to the economic development of the country. Out of approximately 470 indices, less than five (5) are artisanally exploited. The Central African Republic has great potential for discovering gold deposits in the Archean greenstone belts and is already among the top ten (10) global producers of diamonds and gold.
In collaboration with cooperatives and members in the Central African Republic and other African countries,
Innocent K. Oussinou, President and CEO of the Central African Cooperative Champions of Mineral Resources (CO.CA.C.RE.M).

• Exploitation of mineral substances in the Central African Republic.
• Extraction of diamonds and gold.
• Collection of gemstones and other minerals.

The CO.CA.C.RE.M Cooperative is committed to working transparently, honestly, with diligence, and respect in close collaboration with investors, national and international partners to join our team. It is non-political and open to artisanal miners of both genders working in the Central African Republic.
The duration of CO.CA.C.RE.M's activities is 99 years from its establishment, unless dissolved prematurely. The essential objectives of COCACREM are:

• Promote integration in the mining sector.
• Strengthen solidarity between mining cooperatives and artisanal miners.
• Facilitate better exploitation of mining products for its members, especially gemstones (Central African diamonds, gold).
• Establish relationships with cooperatives having similar activities to generate inter-cooperative solidarity and support from national and international organizations.

Our areas of intervention:

• Exploit the subsoil throughout the Central African territory.
• Facilitate transparent management of partner funds and better working methods for mining products.
• Operate, collect, group, process, package, and export products to protect the environment.
• Combat poverty and unsanitary conditions.
• Provide technical support for any economic, social, and cultural revitalization project, etc.
• Establish a training center within the cooperative to train its members and all artisanal miners in the Central African Republic.
• Have a cutting center.
• Promote agricultural and livestock activities to combat poverty in mining areas.

Main project objectives: Exploitation of three sites

• Site 1: Semi-mechanized diamond extraction through gravel extraction.
• Site 2: Semi-mechanized gold extraction through gravel extraction.
• Site 3: Semi-mechanized extraction of diamonds and gold through dredging