Mining & Legal
Specialized mining and legal advisory grounded in the statutory and regulatory framework governing the extractive sector.
Atlas Resource & Advisory Group (ARAG)
Building the Future of Mining Compliance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Atlas Resource & Advisory Group (ARAG) is a multidisciplinary advisory firm specializing in mining, taxation, finance, ESG, legal advisory, and digital transformation across Africa.
DRC
Mining compliance
AI
Law-driven platform
ESG
Integrated advisory
Atlas Resource & Advisory Group
Multidisciplinary expertise for Africa's extractive sector
Taxation & Finance
Integrated taxation and finance expertise for governments, mining companies, investors, and financial institutions.
ESG & Digital Transformation
Environmental, social, and governance advisory strengthened by digital transformation and advanced analytics.
AI-Powered Mining ESG Compliance Platform
A law-driven digital compliance ecosystem
ARAG is developing a next-generation, AI-powered Mining ESG Compliance Platform designed specifically for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The platform transforms statutory and regulatory obligations into a fully integrated digital compliance ecosystem, enabling mining companies and government agencies to monitor, manage, and demonstrate compliance in real time.
Unlike traditional ESG software, our platform is law-driven. Every workflow, compliance assessment, audit finding, risk score, and AI recommendation is directly linked to the applicable provisions of Congolese legislation.
The platform uses artificial intelligence to:
Review and assess
- review regulatory filings and supporting documentation;
- assess compliance with statutory obligations;
Identify and detect
- identify legal, tax, environmental, and operational risks;
- detect anomalies and potential fraud;
Monitor and automate
- monitor permit renewals and filing deadlines;
- automate ESG reporting;
Explain and recommend
- provide explainable compliance assessments supported by legal citations; and
- generate actionable recommendations for corrective measures.
Applicable requirements
Congolese law, operationalized and aligned
The platform incorporates and operationalizes the requirements of:
Constitutional, mining & environmental
- The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
- The Mining Code (Law No. 007/2002, as amended by Law No. 18/001 of 9 March 2018);
- The Mining Regulations;
- The Environmental Protection Law;
- Environmental implementing decrees;
Labour, land, governance & tax
- The Labour Code;
- Land, Forestry, Water, and Nature Conservation legislation;
- OHADA Uniform Acts;
- Tax legislation administered by the Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI);
- Anti-corruption and anti-money laundering legislation;
- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) requirements; and
International ESG frameworks
- International ESG frameworks, including the IFC Performance Standards, OECD Due Diligence Guidance, ICMM Mining Principles, ISSB, GRI, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 37001, and IRMA.
Integrated compliance
Transparency, accountability, and investor confidence
By integrating legal compliance, taxation, environmental stewardship, corporate governance, and advanced analytics into a single platform, ARAG aims to support the modernization of mining administration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and strengthen transparency, accountability, and investor confidence.
Mining Legal, Tax, and Transaction Advisory
Strategic advice throughout the mining project lifecycle
Beyond technology, ARAG provides strategic legal and tax advisory services to mining companies, investors, private equity funds, sovereign entities, and financial institutions throughout the mining project lifecycle.