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Nigeria, UK to form technical committee on mining development

The Federal Government and the United Kingdom, on Wednesday, resolved to form a joint technical working group to harmonize partnerships for the development of critical mineral deposits in the country.

UK Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden had met Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake on the sidelines of the Mines and Money Conference, in London, late last year and expressed his country’s interest in Nigeria’s Lithium.

As a follow-up to that parley, a delegation of the British High Commission led by Deputy High Commissioner, Johnny Baxter, paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, reiterating his home country’s readiness to fine-tune details of collaboration that will culminate in investments in the mining sector value chain.

The Minister whilst receiving the British delegation stressed that the Bola Tinubu administration is improving the ease of doing…
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