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What MineTrack Is, And How It Works
Clear answers to the questions governments, regulators, mine operators and observers ask about MineTrack — what it is, the problem it addresses, and how it connects mining workforce, payroll, production and revenue.
What is MineTrack?
MineTrack is a national mining compliance infrastructure platform. It connects mining licences, ownership, workforce identity, recruitment, onboarding, attendance, payroll, production, royalties, inspections, compliance and audit into one connected system, giving governments a single auditable view of the mining sector.
What problem does MineTrack solve?
The core problem is disconnected data. A worker can exist under one identity in one system and under another elsewhere; a payroll record can exist without a reliable link to attendance; production can be reported separately from the information used to assess royalties and tax. When information is fragmented, accountability becomes fragmented. MineTrack connects these records so that people, operations, payments and production can be reconciled.
Who uses MineTrack?
MineTrack is designed for ministries of mines, mining regulators, revenue authorities, treasuries, government auditors, anti-corruption agencies and mining inspectors. It also serves mine operators, mining directors, HR and payroll departments, and workers through role-based portals. A public transparency portal makes non-sensitive information available to investors, journalists and civil society.
How does MineTrack verify mining workers?
Each worker can hold a verified digital identity and workforce record. Recruitment and onboarding take place through the platform, with identity documents, bank confirmation and other evidence captured and reviewed. Senior verification, government audit and bank verification stages create a clear chain of decisions before a worker reaches payroll.
How does MineTrack help prevent ghost workers?
MineTrack connects payroll records to verified identity, attendance and onboarding. Duplicate national IDs, duplicate bank accounts, duplicate photographs, workers paid without attendance, and workers added to payroll close to a deadline can be flagged for review. The objective is to identify patterns that warrant investigation before payments leave the system.
How does MineTrack support mining payroll assurance?
Payroll records are linked to verified workers, valid attendance, bank account verification and contract status. The platform can block payments where verification is incomplete, where duplicate alerts exist, or where bank accounts were changed shortly before a payroll submission. Senior approvals and overrides are recorded in an auditable trail.
How does MineTrack support mining royalty and tax assurance?
Production declarations are connected to royalty rate, royalty due, royalty paid, tax due and tax paid. MineTrack can compare declared production against licence capacity, previous periods and workforce activity, and flag variances, late submissions and edits made after submission. This supports reconciliation between what is reported and what is owed.
How does MineTrack support government mining audits?
Every important action, approval, change and verification decision can be recorded in an immutable audit log: who acted, what they did, when, what changed, what evidence supported it, and who approved it. Government auditors and anti-corruption units can review this trail alongside investigations, fraud alerts and senior risk alerts.
How does MineTrack support mining inspections?
Inspectors can record inspections with GPS verification, photo evidence, worker counts, safety and environmental checklists, and observed versus recorded workforce comparisons. Inspection reports can recommend compliance notices, payroll freezes or licence reviews, and feed into investigations where needed.
How does MineTrack connect workforce, payroll, production and revenue?
MineTrack follows a connected sequence: Mine (licence, ownership, location, operations) to People (recruitment, identity, verification, attendance) to Payroll (workers, hours, bank accounts, payments) to Production (output, declarations, capacity, patterns) to Revenue (royalties, tax, payments, reconciliation) to Assurance (inspections, exceptions, investigations, audit). Each stage connects to the next.
Which countries can MineTrack support?
MineTrack is designed for national mining authorities and is particularly relevant to African mining jurisdictions. The platform is configurable to a country's licensing, royalty, tax and workforce regulations. It is intended to be adapted to each country's legal and institutional framework rather than deployed as a fixed product.
How does MineTrack improve mining transparency?
A public transparency portal can publish registered mines, licence status, compliance ratings, production summaries and environmental notices, while protecting personal worker data and sensitive investigation details. This gives citizens, journalists and investors a clearer view of the sector without compromising individual privacy.
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