State-owned and co-opted commercial entities · foreign-owned mining group · Sudan / UAE
Emiral Resources / Kush for Exploration and Production / Alliance for Mining
- Commercial or professional counterparty
- AGrade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
- 3 documented ties · 1 step from the SAF
Also recorded as: Alliance for Mining Co. / Kush for Exploration and Production Co. Ltd / Emiral Resources Limited; Emiral; Kush E&P; Alliance Mining; Kush mine; Emiral Resources Ltd / Kush for Exploration and Production / Alliance for Mining Co.; Alliance for Mining; الياس للتعدين (as rendered in MoF inventory; C4ADS label 'ELIAS MINING'); …
Chatham House: Emiral owns Kush, which established Alliance for Mining in 2014; after the outbreak of war Alliance 'emerged as one of the leading companies selling its gold production to the SAF-led Port Sudan authorities'. STPT lists Kush/Alliance among five franchise companies that restarted production under SAF control; franchise companies reportedly pay 28.5% of production as royalties. This is licensed commercial mining; no source alleges arms or direct military support.
Their response
- Emiral Resources Limited told Chatham House 'that it does not have any connection to Sudan's conflict'.
- Emiral told Chatham House it 'does not have any connection to Sudan's conflict'. To Ayin it denied restricting access by nationality, smuggling, or exclusive Russian access to processing, and said founder Boris Ivanov 'has not been involved with the company since 2023'.
- Emiral told Chatham House it has no connection to Sudan's conflict; told Ayin it denies smuggling and exclusive Russian access (first pass). The UAE government rejected 'any baseless and unfounded allegation regarding the smuggling or profiting of gold' (AFP).
- This entry is the company's response.
AGrade A: Official recordEmiral Resources Limited: response recorded by Chatham House
published March 2025
Chatham House, "Gold and the war in Sudan", footnote 138: "In communication with Emiral Resources Limited, the company has confirmed that it does not have any connection to Sudan’s conflict."
- Response
- This entry is the company's response.
- Sanctions
- None found.
›Research notes
Grade A is for the fact that the company gave this response, as recorded in the published report; it is not a finding on the substance.
Chatham House: Emiral owns Kush, which established Alliance for Mining in 2014; after the outbreak of war Alliance 'emerged as one of the leading companies selling its gold production to the SAF-led Port Sudan authorities'. STPT lists Kush/Alliance among five franchise companies that restarted production under SAF control; franchise companies reportedly pay 28.5% of production as royalties. This is licensed commercial mining; no source alleges arms or direct military support.
- Response
- Emiral told Chatham House it 'does not have any connection to Sudan's conflict'. To Ayin it denied restricting access by nationality, smuggling, or exclusive Russian access to processing, and said its founder 'has not been involved with the company since 2023'.
- Sanctions
- None found in OFAC SDN / EU / UK lists checked 2026-10-03
Emiral Resources Ltd / Kush for Exploration and Production Co. Ltd / Alliance for Mining Co. Ltd
Chatham House (first pass): Alliance became one of the leading companies selling gold to the Port Sudan authorities. New in this pass: the 25% state share in Alliance is held by Sudamin, which the UK sanctioned on 16 July 2026. That makes Emiral/Kush a JV partner of a sanctioned SAF-side state company; it is not evidence that Emiral supports the military.
- Why this grade
- B (ownership split - official MoF inventory + Interfax + company statement in a securities filing); C (role)
- Response
- Emiral told Chatham House it has no connection to Sudan's conflict; told Ayin it denies smuggling and exclusive Russian access (first pass). The UAE government rejected 'any baseless and unfounded allegation regarding the smuggling or profiting of gold' (AFP).
›Research notes
Register of incorporation still unknown: not in HK live register, Cyprus DRCOR, or GLEIF; UAE free-zone/ADGM/DIFC registers could not be queried. 'emiral.ae' belongs to an unrelated Ajman detergents firm; 'OÜ Emiral' (Estonia) is unrelated. 'Exxon for Advanced Works/Projects' is a Sudanese company name in the MoF inventory, not ExxonMobil.
Sudan's Moscow embassy calls 'Alliance (Kush)' a model of Russian investment; production said to have risen (July 2026)
2026-07-14
On 14 Jul 2026 Sudan's ambassador in Moscow met the executive director of 'Alliance (Kush)', 'working in gold exploration in Sudan', with the secretary-general of Sudan's national investment authority and Russia's ambassador to Sudan present. The embassy called the company 'a pioneering and successful model of Russian investments in Sudan' and noted 'the increase in its production'; the company set out plans to expand.
- Response
- No company statement found.
›Research notes
Embassy page without a verification badge, reporting on a third party: grade C. SMRC's page separately records an inspection of the 'Alliance' site after a fire (2 Aug 2026).
3 more records below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
1 more record at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Ownership and control · 3
3 more relationships below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
2 more relationships at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
Money · 2
2 more relationships below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
1 more relationship at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
- Based in
- Sudan, United Arab Emirates
- Also named
- Russia (5), Cyprus (1)
- Places
- Port Sudan, Moscow
Connected to the SAF through official or corroborated records.
›Possible links to investigate · 1