The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker has said thAfrican countries must derive value from the mining value chain.
He stated that African countries must ensure that, “we are not just attracting investments, but investments that will yield the necessary benefit to Citizens of our various countries.”
Honourable Mireku Duker also the Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem made the appeal in an address at the 21st edition of African Down Under (ADU) currently underway in Perth, Australia.
He explained that the citizenry must derive value from Pre-Feasbility, Prospecting- Exploration – Development through to Marketing and Mine Closure, through effective local content and participation laws and regulations.
Honourable Duker reiterated Ghana’s stable democracy, rich mining history and continuous mineral discoveries made; key amongst them is Lithium and other strategic minerals, which will play a critical role in the clean energy campaign.
He further touched on Ghana’s stable legal and fiscal mining regime as additions, which make Ghana the best mining investment destination in Africa.
Several investor-government discussions were held, with the hope to get better opportunities for Ghana in the coming days.
The conference also features a panel discussion with Australia’s Mines Minister, Hon. Bill Johnston; Australia’s Assistant Foreign Minister, Tim Watts; Burkina Faso’s Minister for Mines and Quarries, Hon. Simon Pierre Boussim; Nigeria’s Minister for Solid Minerals Development, Hon. Henry Dele Alake and Uganda’s Minister of Energy and Minerals Development and Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentam.
The ADU is the leading forum for Australian-African business and government relations, which has grown to become the largest African-focused mining event held outside Africa.
The Minister was accompanied by Minerals Commission CEO, Martin Ayisi, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Australia, H. E. Samuel Yao Kumah and others.
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