Mining: Nigeria Launches EMERGE Programme To Boost Mineral Exploration, Value Addition

Nigeria has unveiled a new mineral exploration financing scheme, the Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment (EMERGE), as part of a broader push to deepen investment, improve data access and expand value addition in the country’s solid minerals sector.
The initiative was formally launched by the minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, alongside the executive secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajia Umar Shinkafi, at a ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday.
The programme would support early-stage geological surveys, fund research into mineral processing, and back technologies that enable domestic refining.
Alake, who gave keynote addres...