The IGB includes in his programs of training and development's aid of the sector of gemstones a volet of mining exploration which will lead to the exploitation of potentially viable sites including gemstones and precious metals. The exploration and the exploitation integrate the participation of the independent autochtonous miners or joined into cooperatives. Training courses in management and exploitation of ecological small scale mines, in the respect of the bio diversity and the natural stability, are teached as well as the gemology.
Training courses are given in the zones of operation according to the climatic condition.