By Kasim Sumaina
The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has embarked on the development of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) clusters for selected minerals in the six geo-political zones of the country.
The move, it said, is for effective harmonisation of their exploitation to derive the right revenue for government.
The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, disclosed this during the handing and taking over ceremony of the landed property donated by the Cross River State Government for the establishment of Artisanal and Small-Scale processing clusters for the South-south zone in Calabar on Monday.
Nigerian government commences development artisanal small-scale clusters
February 2, 2021
The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has embarked on the development of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) clusters for selected minerals in the six geo-political zones of the country.
The move, it said, is for effective harmonisation of their exploitation to derive the right revenue for government.
The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, disclosed this during the handing and taking over ceremony of the landed property donated by the Cross River State Government for the establishment of Artisanal and Small-Scale processing clusters for the South-south zone in Calabar on Monday.
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The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development says an artisanal and small scale mineral processing cluster will be established in Cross River State.
The cluster will serve the South-South zone of the country and designed to activate the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Uche Ogar, disclosed this in Calabar on Monday while receiving title documents for a five-hectare land donated by the Cross River State government for the project.
He said the project was to harness the barite deposit which is abundant in the state.
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The Federal Government has established a Barite Processing Factory in Calabar, Cross River State capital
The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Uche Ogar disclosed this in Calabar while receiving title documents for a 5 hectares land donated by the Cross River State government for the project.
He said that the choice of Cross-River State for citing the cluster project for Barite value chain development is predicated on the fact that the state is endowed with large commercial deposits of the mineral.
“Barite deposit occurrences in Cross-River State are mainly around Obubra through to Yala Local Government Area which informed the siting of the cluster project in Yala”, the minister said.
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The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development Dr Uchechukwu Ogah has lauded the Cross River State government for donating 5 hectares of land for the establishment of Artisanal & Small -Scale Mineral, ASM, process Cluster in the state.
The Minister gave the commendation on Monday in Calabar during the handing and taking over ceremony of landed property donated by the state for the ASM Cluster.
His words: “I am delighted to make this remark at this important occasion of the handover ceremony of landed property graciously donated by the Government of Cross-River State for the establishment of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Mineral processing cluster in Cross-River State by the Federal Government of Nigeria.