Complicit Dossier

State-owned and co-opted commercial entities · Company · China / Sudan

Wanbao Sahari Mining (Chinese concession holder, Red Sea State)

وانباو صحاري

  • Commercial or professional counterparty
  • Grade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
  • 1 documented tie · 2 steps from the SAF

Commercial concession holder. Any link to NORINCO is a name match, not a finding.

SMRC's page reported a meeting on 26 Aug 2026 with the management of 'the Chinese mining company Wanbao Sahari' on 'resuming and continuing technical and exploration work in the company's concession blocks in Red Sea State' up to a feasibility study and production. SMRC promised 'all technical and administrative support and facilities'.

Response

No response is recorded. Named parties have not yet been asked for comment.

Records

1

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

Grade A: Official record

SMRC presses the company to resume exploration on its Red Sea concession blocks (August 2026)

2026-08-26

SMRC's page reported a meeting on 26 Aug 2026 with the management of 'the Chinese mining company Wanbao Sahari' on 'resuming and continuing technical and exploration work in the company's concession blocks in Red Sea State' up to a feasibility study and production. SMRC promised 'all technical and administrative support and facilities'.

Why this grade
Grade A is for the fact that the page announced this. The page was identified as official by its name and content; no verification badge was detected.
Response
No company statement found.
›Research notes

Source alignment: official SAF-side channel. Grade applies to the fact that the announcement was made, not to its content. Name transliterated from Arabic ('وانباو صحاري'). It matches Wanbao Mining, a company of the NORINCO group; that parentage was not verified in this pass and no register was opened. Relevant to the open question on NORINCO-linked mining interests in Red Sea State.

  1. 1Sudanese Mineral Resources Company Facebook page (smrcsudan): SMRC pushes Wanbao Sahari's investments toward production in Red Sea State · facebook.com · 26 Aug 2026

NamesSMRCChinaNorinco

Relationships

1

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

Money · 1

Geography

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

Based in
China, Sudan
Places
Red Sea 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.

›Possible links to investigate · 1

  • Norinco hypothesis

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