OOT Foundation

08/03/2026

GOLD MINING IN UGANDA 🇺🇬 Artisanal & Small Scale Miners at The Core

Engr Olanya Olenge Tonny
Chief Executive Officer
---Lyec Bullion Consults---

Beneath the Surface: Strengthening Governance in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining for Sustainable Wealth

26/09/2025

Career Guidance & Leadership Mentorship Program , a Flagship Program of

22/09/2025

Young Ugandans are stepping into politics—but are they driving change, or being changed by the system?

We sit with Aruu North MP Aspirant (Engr. Olanya Olenge Tonny) to ask tough questions on ambition, frustration & leadership in Uganda via ⬇️ 🐘🐘⬇️

Is the rise of young politicians a sign of bold ambition—or a symptom of desperation in broken political systems? In this episode, we sit down with Eng. Olan...

11/09/2025

Rare earth metals discovered in Lamwo and Karamoja highlight Uganda’s vast mineral potential

How ready are the people of The Greater Northern Uganda for this Global Mineral Drive towards The Region

OOT Foundation
LYEC BULLION CONSULTS

01/09/2025

ALL YOU NEED TO EXPORT GOLD FROM UGANDA 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬

Requirements for Gold Exporters:
- Mineral Dealers License from the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM) in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development

- Gold Export Permit (DGSM)

- Sample Testing and Certificate of Analysis (Any of the 3 licensed Refineries )

- Certificate of Origin (URA or Uganda Chambers of Commerce)

- Proof of funds for export (Bank statement)

- Tax Of USD 200 per Kilo of Gold

Compiled by :
Engr Olanya Olenge Tonny
CEO Global Gold Consortium-Ug
+256 789259675/ +256 758870604

14/08/2025

Dark Side of Dubai's Gold

Sudan's gold for weapons

The gold trade in the United Arab

Emirates funds violence in Sudan. Sudan is more than two years into a brutal war. What many people don't know is that the conflict is also fueled by a scramble for gold. The two main warring parties, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have been ramping up gold production throughout the war and are using it to fund their war efforts. Gold is increasingly being smuggled across the border to neighboring countries like Egypt. It's also one of the ways global players such as the United Arab Emirates are entangled the conflict. Dubai reportedly provides weapons like drones in return for gold.

14/08/2025

Join H.E. Y.K. Museveni on 18th Aug 2025 at Kaunda Grounds Gulu City for a meeting on the Cattle Compensation Programme. Discuss success & accelerate implementation with Acholi Sub-region leaders. 09:00 AM.

The Time is now for Acholi Subregion to Demand clearly That Cattle compensation has been fustrated by negative elements within the government, intentionally slowed down !

And We expect the President to Exercise Honesty to the Cattle Compensation Conversation, bse The People of Acholi have made Cattle an Election Issue !!!

Many of our elders have died without compensation, only connected politicians always get paid !!!

The Young People will Continue to Demand and now lead from the Front, we believe the President is Well intentioned , but he gets fustrated by his own Government system

Lets all mobilize the leadership to speak Truth to the Presidency , a time for Psycophancy has ended in acholi Subregion

WAR HAS NOT ENDED BY MERE SILENCE OF GUNS, WE HAVE MOVED TO OTHER FORMS OF WAR .....We must address ourselves to the Quest for Reparation, WAR victims compensation, Transisitional Justice , Truth Telling & National Reconciliation

Engr Olanya Olenge Tonny
Aruu Piny D**g Oruu

14/08/2025

GRAPHITE NOT ONLY CRITICAL, BUT EQUALLY A STRATEGIC MINERAL....The War Underneath

US graphite output: 0 tonnes last year. That is changing.

The U.S. is shifting from mineral dependency to strategic control.

Three trends are driving this:

Billions in federal funding for processing and refining

Faster approvals for projects that close supply gaps

Allied sourcing from trusted partners

Graphite is a weak link. It is essential for battery anodes, yet U.S. output last year was zero.

Volt Energy Materials LLC, the US subsidiary of Volt Resources Limited (ASX:VRC), is developing a high-purity graphite refinery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, backed by:

US$136M pre-tax NPV (Scoping Study)

US$21M Phase 1 capital estimate

Identified site in Airport Industrial Park

Local and state agency support

Pilot plant and offtake discussions underway

Feedstock will come from an operating graphite mine in Ukraine, with future supply from a large project in Orom Graphite in Uganda owned by Uk firm , Blencowe funded by the USA

Graphite is recognised as a critical mineral in the U.S. Volt is positioned to deliver secure, domestic battery-grade graphite for battery & defence markets.

Engr. Olanya Olenge Tonny
Natural Resource Governance Consultant

14/08/2025

No one has ever changed the world by doing what the world has told them to do !!!

This TED Talk highlights a big problem in our education system. Real learning should inspire creativity, not just test scores.‼️📚

School system really needs a reality check. In times of AI learning maths rather than where your place in this world could be is a fatal robbery of the most valuable resource… time… only because they rob our time at 6 years
, it doesnt seem that severe

Academic intelligence. Social intelligence. Emotional intelligence. Creative intelligence.
Financial intelligence

We’re going to school to fit in a system, not to actually become smarter. Having a degree doesn’t mean you’re smart, it just means you were able to study someone’s truth of something...

Lets be Strategic in Our approach to Education

Engr Olanya Olenge Tonny
Aruu Piny D**g Oruu

14/08/2025

The Artisanal & Small Scale Miners are incharge of Uganda's Gold Production & Supply chain control.

Kudos to the Team at Uganda Association of Artisanal & Small scale miners

11/08/2025

https://parliamentwatch.ug/blogs/hands-off-our-gold-northern-ugandas-fight-for-equity/

The events unfolding in Abim and neighboring Agago reveal a troubling pattern. The influx of cattle is a deceptive prelude to the real prize: vast gold deposits.