Newsroom · Busia, Uganda

A long-term partnership with the people of Busia.

Burlcore Mining continues its long-term investment in the Busia community across water, education, health, infrastructure and local enterprise.

30 June 2026 Busia, UgandaBurlcore Newsroom

Burlcore Mining commits to long-term community investment in Busia.

Burlcore Mining Company Limited continues to anchor its operation in Busia around a long-term, multi-pillar community investment programme that spans water, education, health, infrastructure and local enterprise.

The thesis is straightforward: a licensed, medium-scale gold mine operating responsibly should leave its host district visibly better off across decades, not just years. That belief shapes how Burlcore deploys its community work, in coordination with local leadership and the company's permanent on-site team.

Rather than scattered, transactional gestures, Burlcore's programme is deliberately joined-up. Water and sanitation reinforce health. Health supports school attendance. Education feeds into local hire. Local hire grows local enterprise. Each pillar is meant to strengthen the others.

It is an approach designed to outlast any single project, season or news cycle, and to position the company as a long-term partner to Busia.

"We measure ourselves in decades, not headlines. The communities around our concession in Busia should be visibly better off because we're here."
Mr Issa Wandera
Community engagement around the Burlcore concession in Busia
Local life in Busia, Uganda

Burlcore continues to expand its community programme across the villages neighbouring its concession, with consistent investment across each of its core pillars.

It is part of the wider commitment to operating as a responsible, durable and accountable mid-tier producer within Uganda's Lake Victoria Green Belt.

ENDS

Multi-Pillar
Water, education, health, infrastructure and local enterprise.
Local-Led
Coordinated with local leadership and on-site community affairs.
Long-Term
Designed to outlast any single project, season or news cycle.
Media Contact
Burlcore Mining Company Limited, Press Office
Elias Cheikh
elias@burlcore.com
Peninsula Road, Luzira, Central Nakawa, Kampala, Uganda · burlcoremining.com
Our pledge

Rooted in Busia,
refined for the world.

Every ounce we recover is the product of disciplined work, formal compliance, and deep respect for the land and the communities that make it possible.

I.Responsibly mined
II.Formally compliant
III.Community first
IV.Built to last