Bahia leads the national production of 11 mineral goods - barite, bentonite, chromium, diamond, magnesite, nickel, quartz, salge, talc, uranium and vanadium. The state ended the month of April with an investment of R $ 7.9 million in the collection of the Financial Compensation for Mineral Exploration (CFEM) and R $ 482 million collected with the Commercialized Bahian Mineral Production (PMBC). These data are part of the Executive Mining Report, released by the Secretariat for Economic Development (SDE), this Monday (1st).

“The three main mineral assets responsible for this result were gold, with 36% of exploration, in the municipalities of Jacobina and Barrocas; nickel, with 18% of the exploration in Itagibá and; copper, with 12% of the exploration in Juazeiro. Our state is a true powerhouse in mineral goods and this has a strong positive impact on the economy ", highlights Deputy Governor João Leão, Secretary of Economic Development.

One of the highlights in the business segment, reported in the Mining Report, is Yamana Gold. The company, which has an underground mine in the city of Jacobina and is responsible for around 1,400 direct jobs and 700 more indirectly in the state, announced phase two of its expansion project, with investments in the order of R $ 300 million and completion scheduled for early 2023.

The highlight among municipalities, Jacobina stars in the document released by SDE. The city has legal gold mining and is one of the oldest in the state, operating since 1880. In addition to gold, the municipality produces aggregates for civil construction, such as sand and clay, and ornamental rocks. In April, the municipality's PMBC was approximately R $ 134 million and the generated CFEM was almost R $ 2 million.