between the host communities and the mineral resources exploration companies; an example is the case of NigerDelta areas of Nigeria (Ibeanu, 1999,, 2006). This poverty assessment result has provided some illuminating and explicit relationship between loss and decrease in agricultural livelihood and poverty status of farmers.
Mining Exploration in Africa is dedicated to the capitalization and development of mining interests in Africa, and for many African countries, mineral exploration and production constitute significant parts of their economies and remain keys to economic growth. Over the past years mining companies have shown interest in the African mineral industry.
This article highlights some of the key legal issues commonly associated with the exploration and extraction of mineral resources in Nigeria. These issues form part of any due diligence exercise conducted by an investor proposing to acquire mining assets or an interest in a mining project.
VALEDICTORY MINISTERIAL ACCOUNTS OF STEWARDSHIP On the Road to Shared Mining Prosperity Being the text of the Valedictory Ministerial Briefing by Dr. Kayode Fayemi, CON Minister of Mines and Steel Development Federal Republic of Nigeria on the Conclusion of the Tour of Duty as Minister of Mines and Steel Development Abuja, Nigeria | Wednesday, May [.]
The mapping project produced not only new geochemical information, but provided training to more than one hundred Nigerian geoscientists, who will form the body of expertise for both the continuing national geochemical mapping programme and an expanding mineral exploration industry (Lapworth et al., 2011). This work forms a crucial part of the ...
"Bear in mind that these skills are so important to us in our quest to transform our mining and steel sector. This is so because in the past, Nigeria neglected the solid minerals or mining sector for a long time due to the discovery of oil. Meanwhile other nations continued to move forward.
In, UNDP assisted the Burundian parliament (National Assembly and Senate) in its analysis and review of the Mining Code. In its commitment to support the Burundian Government in promoting accelerated, sustainable economic growth, UNDP intends to support the development and exploitation of mining resources as one of the transformational sectors for the Burundian economy.
Exploration for all mineral resources except hydrocarbon (oil and gas) Evaluation of Mineral resources; Mineral Promotion activities; Generation of credible data on exportable mineral resources such as gold, silver, lead and zinc, copper and other commodities to attract foreign direct investment to Nigeria.
Jun 01, 2010· Lead/ZincExploration opportunities in Nigeria LeadZinc occurrences in Nigeria are associated with saline water intrusion in the sedimentary basins or fractured/shear zones in .
Canada stood out with a % contribution of worldwide exploration budgets. The Canadian mining companies invest more in exploration abroad (62%) than at home (38%). In contrast, Australia, the secondranked country by exploration funding, planned larger proportion of funds (55%) for investments at home and 45% for investments abroad.
The program is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, financed by the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and implemented by UNDP. The mining of Development Minerals has important implications for sustainable development, however, they have to date received inadequate attention for their potential to impact livelihoods; and few .
The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development was involve d in the promotion, exploration, and expl oitation of Nigeria's solid mineral s. (See table 1.) The Ministry of Petroleum Resource s concerned itself with the oil and natural gas segment of the encouraging international mining companies to lease the mineral indus try.
Furthermore, that Nigeria is one of the poorest countries in the world in spite being the 8th largest oil exporting country of the world (Ojediran, 2009) and that the poverty rate is above 70% (UNDP, 2008).
THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF AFRICA—2002 Exploration Exploration activity, as defined by reported company exploration budgets for Africa, continued to decline to about 257 million in 2002 from 277 million in 2001. The Metals Economics Group reported a decrease in exploration spending for Africa of about 7% from the 2001 level. Africa actually
Sep 03, 2016· Mineral Exploration and Evaluation. OVERVIEW Modern mineral exploration was introduced in the country during the 1960s when the United Nations Development program (UNDP) executed a mineral survey in western and southern Ethiopia. Systematic and integrated mineral exploration started when the Economic Minerals Exploration Department was or...
Oil Exploration in Nigeria—The Requirements (Physical Impacts) Commercial oil exploration in Nigeria started in 1958 at a place called Oloibiri in Bayelsa State. Oil exploration comes with necessary required actions that ultimately impact on the environment and influence the sociocultural lives of the people.