Complicit Dossier

State-owned and co-opted commercial entities · foreign-owned mining company (Wagner/Africa Corps network) · Russia / Sudan (Al-Abidiya, River Nile)

Meroe Gold / M Invest / Al-Solag Mining

  • Reported or alleged link, not established
  • Grade B: CorroboratedStrongest record: corroborated
  • 2 documented ties · 2 steps from the SAF

Also recorded as: Meroe Gold Co. Ltd; M-Invest; Al-Sawlaj Mining Company

A sanctioned Wagner-linked company. Its documented dealings with Sudanese military-linked companies pre-date the war.

Wagner-linked subsidiary that received the state's 30% share of Block 3A in 2018 and paid SAF military-intelligence company Aswar for services. STPT (Oct 2024) lists 'Russian-owned Meroe Gold' among franchise companies that restarted production in SAF-held River Nile state.

Their response

  • OCCRP: M Invest leadership declined to comment; Meroe emails bounced.

Records

1

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Grade B: Corroborated

Meroe Gold / M Invest / Al-Solag Mining

2017 to at least 2024

Wagner-linked subsidiary that received the state's 30% share of Block 3A in 2018 and paid SAF military-intelligence company Aswar for services. STPT (Oct 2024) lists 'Russian-owned Meroe Gold' among franchise companies that restarted production in SAF-held River Nile state.

Response
OCCRP: M Invest leadership declined to comment; Meroe emails bounced.
Sanctions
M Invest and Meroe Gold: US OFAC (2020, per Chatham House; OpenSanctions shows the US-CYB programme tag), EU (25 Feb 2023), UK (20 Jul 2023). Al-Sawlaj/Al-Solag Mining: US, EU, UK, Canada.
  1. 1OCCRP, 'Documents Reveal Wagner's Golden Ties to Sudanese Military Companies' · occrp.org · 2 Nov 2022
  2. 2Chatham House, 'Gold and the war in Sudan', ch.2 Securitization of Sudan's gold sector · chathamhouse.org · 25 Mar 2025
  3. 3Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker (STPT), 'Fueling Sudan's War: How Gold Exports and Smuggling Are Prolonging the Conflict' · sudantransparency.org · 16 Oct 2024
  4. 4OpenSanctions consolidated sanctions export (EU FSF, UK FCDO, OFAC SDN texts), snapshot 2026-10-03 · opensanctions.org · 3 Oct 2026

NamesAswar Multi ActivitiesRussia

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

Relationships

3

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

Money · 3

3 more relationships below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

Sanctions listings

3

  • United States (OFAC)15 Jul 2020OFAC SDN UID 29107

  • United Kingdom20 Jul 2023SUD0013

    ›Stated reason

    Meroe Gold, which is part of the Wagner Group of Companies, is an involved person under The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 as it is responsible for action, policy or activity which threatens the peace, stability and security of Sudan. sanctionslist.fcdo.gov.uk

  • United Kingdom20 Jul 2023SUD0016

    ›Stated reason

    Al-Solag Mining Company Ltd is an involved person under The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 as it is associated with a person, Meroe Gold (part of the Wagner Group of Companies) which is involved in a policy or activity which threatens the peace, stability and security of 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
Russia, Sudan
Places
River Nile State

Position in the network

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

Connected to the SAF through official or corroborated records.

›Possible links to investigate · 2

  • Defense Industries System (DIS) hypothesis

    No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary (via Aswar Multi Activities Co. Ltd, Sudan Master Technology / Giad Industrial Group).

  • Hypokwan Mining Company hypothesis

    No direct tie is documented. Basis: named in the other actor's record; cited in the same source.