{"id":321118,"date":"2024-05-01T06:40:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T05:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=321118"},"modified":"2024-05-01T06:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T05:40:42","slug":"nigeria-sitting-on-750bn-worth-of-solid-minerals-alake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/01\/nigeria-sitting-on-750bn-worth-of-solid-minerals-alake\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Sitting On $750bn Worth Of Solid Minerals \u2014 Alake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-utasn-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-9\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-267\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"px-4 py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 text-base mx-auto gap-3 juice:gap-4 juice:md:gap-6 md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem]\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"366e40f1-ec14-4975-9379-975cf6ff713a\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Minister Alake revealed a preliminary report estimating Nigeria&#8217;s solid minerals worth $750 billion, emphasizing their potential for economic growth<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Collaborations with organizations like the World Bank aim to gather essential data for the sector, revealing the substantial value of Nigeria&#8217;s mineral resources<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-9\">The Minister of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/09\/17\/solid-minerals-nigerias-next-petroleum-minister\/\">Solid Minerals<\/a> Development, Dele Alake, revealed a preliminary report by German firm GeoScan that estimates Nigeria&#8217;s solid minerals are worth $750 billion. He highlighted this during a summit organized by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) and Bruit Costaud, emphasizing the sector&#8217;s potential contribution to Nigeria&#8217;s goal of achieving a trillion-dollar economy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alake noted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu&#8217;s commitment to reforms in the mining sector to prevent Nigeria from merely being a mining pit for solid minerals. He stressed the importance of data availability to attract investors and stimulate job creation and economic growth through mineral processing plants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working with the World Bank, Excalibur and GeoScan, a German company, to get the necessary data on the sector. That is why the federal government signed a memorandum of understanding with Geoscan, and they did a preliminary survey of our minerals&#8217; output and potential. They gave us a figure of $750bn worth of minerals embedded under the ground of Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collaborations with organizations like the World Bank, Excalibur, and GeoScan aim to gather essential data for the sector. The memorandum of understanding signed with GeoScan resulted in a preliminary survey revealing the substantial value of Nigeria&#8217;s mineral resources.<\/p>\n<p>Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule highlighted the importance of investing in solid minerals, particularly citing the significance of lithium, which he likened to gold. He announced the impending commissioning of Nigeria&#8217;s largest lithium processing factory, expected to process 4,000 metric tons daily and transport over a million tons of lithium annually.<\/p>\n<p>Ayo Omotaya, Director General of NIPSS, reiterated the summit&#8217;s purpose of charting a path forward for the mining sector, underscoring the necessity of strategic planning and collaboration to harness Nigeria&#8217;s mineral wealth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister Alake revealed a preliminary report estimating Nigeria&#8217;s solid minerals worth $750 billion, emphasizing their potential for economic growth Collaborations with organizations like the World Bank aim to gather essential data for the sector, revealing the substantial value of Nigeria&#8217;s mineral resources The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, revealed a preliminary report by 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