{"id":"kibali-economic-contribution-congo-2025","canonicalSlug":"kibali-economic-contribution-congo-2025","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/kibali-economic-contribution-congo-2025","language":"en","title":"Barrick says Kibali contributed $1.1 billion to Congo’s economy in 2025","summary":"The company’s September disclosure includes taxes, salaries, dividends and local procurement spending.","body":["Kibali gold mine in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo generated $1.1 billion in economic value for the country in 2025, according to Barrick Mining Corporation’s economic contributions statement published on 9 September. The company defines the total as taxes, royalties, dividends, salaries and local procurement.","Barrick also reported $15.8 billion in economic contributions across 17 host countries in 2025, including $5.0 billion in taxes and royalties. Spending with suppliers reached $7.1 billion, and the company said more than 7,400 host-country suppliers received that procurement spending.","The Congo figure is a Kibali-specific amount within Barrick’s global contribution tally; it does not measure the country’s entire mining sector. Barrick’s definition of economic contributions also includes dividends to the state, community investment, employee payments and in-country purchasing.","The figures come from the company’s own reporting. The announcement cites Barrick’s 2025 Tax Contribution Report rather than an independent audit or national accounts published by the Congolese government."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Barrick says Kibali contributed $1.1 billion to Congo’s economy in 2025\n\nThe company’s September disclosure includes taxes, salaries, dividends and local procurement spending.\n\nKibali gold mine in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo generated $1.1 billion in economic value for the country in 2025, according to Barrick Mining Corporation’s economic contributions statement published on 9 September. The company defines the total as taxes, royalties, dividends, salaries and local procurement.\n\nBarrick also reported $15.8 billion in economic contributions across 17 host countries in 2025, including $5.0 billion in taxes and royalties. Spending with suppliers reached $7.1 billion, and the company said more than 7,400 host-country suppliers received that procurement spending.\n\nThe Congo figure is a Kibali-specific amount within Barrick’s global contribution tally; it does not measure the country’s entire mining sector. Barrick’s definition of economic contributions also includes dividends to the state, community investment, employee payments and in-country purchasing.\n\nThe figures come from the company’s own reporting. The announcement cites Barrick’s 2025 Tax Contribution Report rather than an independent audit or national accounts published by the Congolese government.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["mining","gold","economic-contribution","tax","local-procurement"],"eventDate":"2026-09-09","eventDateBasis":"source-publication-date","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T20:15:13Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T20:15:13Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-09","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"Barrick Mining Corporation","url":"https://www.barrick.com/English/news/news-details/2026/barrick-delivers-15-billion-in-economic-contributions-to-host-countries-in-2025/default.aspx","checkedAt":"2026-10-06","publishedAt":"2026-09-09"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/kibali-economic-contribution-congo-2025","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/kibali-economic-contribution-congo-2025","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/kibali-economic-contribution-congo-2025","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/kibali-economic-contribution-congo-2025","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/kibali-economic-contribution-congo-2025","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/kibali-economic-contribution-congo-2025","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/kibali-economic-contribution-congo-2025"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}