Complicit Dossier

State-owned and co-opted commercial entities · state-owned mining company · Sudan

Ariab Mining Company Limited

شركة ارياب للتعدين المحدودة · شركة أرياب للتعدين

  • Part of the SAF or state-controlled
  • Grade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
  • Sanctioned byUK
  • 2 documented ties · 1 step from the SAF

Also recorded as: ARIAB MINING COMPANY LIMITED; شركة ارياب للتعدين المحدودة; Ariab; Ariab Mining Company

UK: 'has provided the SAF with revenue from conflict gold and other minerals'.

Their response

  • None captured.

Records

3

Each record carries its own grade. A grade describes the source for that record, not the actor.

Grade A: Official record

ARIAB MINING COMPANY LIMITED

UK SoR: state-owned mining company that "has provided the SAF with revenue from conflict gold and other minerals"

  1. 1gov.uk
  2. 2opensanctions.org
Grade C: Single source

Ariab Mining Company

2023-2024 restart

One of five franchise companies that restarted production once the SAF secured Red Sea, River Nile and Northern states; described by STPT as 'partly owned by SAF's GIAD holding company', operating in the Bohdelia area of eastern Sudan.

Why this grade
Regraded from A: one report.
Response
No response located in the sources reviewed.
Sanctions
UK sanctions list, 16 July 2026 (SUD0055).
  1. 1Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker (STPT), 'Fueling Sudan's War: How Gold Exports and Smuggling Are Prolonging the Conflict' · sudantransparency.org · 16 Oct 2024

NamesGiad (SMT)

1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more record at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Checked against the document

2

Statements compared with the wording of the primary document.

  • “updated the UK Sanctions List on GOV.UK with the following 11 additions.”

    UK Sanctions Notice: Sudan, 16 July 202616 Jul 2026verified verbatim

  • “Specifically, ARIAB, as a major state-owned multi-mineral mining company in Sudan, has provided the SAF with revenue from conflict gold and other minerals. The SAF is one of the main warring parties in Sudan.”

    UK Sanctions List, SUD0055, statement of reasons16 Jul 2026verified verbatim

    Correction: finance.json #8 says Ariab has "None found in OFAC SDN / EU / UK lists checked 2026-10-03" and grades it C. Wrong: UK-listed 16 July 2026 (SUD0055, business registration 5219). Raise to A for the UK finding. (corporate.json and sanctions.json already have the listing.)

Relationships

2

← means the other party acts on this one; → means this one acts on the other.

Ownership and control · 1

1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more relationship at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Money · 1

Sanctions listings

1

  • United Kingdom16 Jul 2026SUD0055

    ›Stated reason

    The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Ariab Mining Company Limited ("ARIAB”) is an involved person under the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 because it has provided financial services or made available funds or economic resources that could contribute to an action, policy or activity which threatens the peace, stability and security of Sudan. Specifically, ARIAB, as a major state-owned multi-mineral mining company in Sudan, has provided the SAF with revenue from conflict gold and other minerals. The SAF is one of the main warring parties in Sudan. sanctionslist.fcdo.gov.uk

Geography

Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.

Based in
Sudan
Places
River Nile State

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Still connected to the SAF when only official records are counted.