Govt to cease minerals testing overseas, unveils lab

The Federal Authorities has unveiled an ultra-modern mineral evaluation laboratory to allow the nation to halt the testing of minerals overseas.

The Minister of Strong Minerals Growth, Dr Dele Alake, who inaugurated the laboratory, described the ministry’s associate – African Pure Assets and Mines Restricted, as a precious agency within the Federal Authorities’s efforts to advertise native worth addition within the mining sector.

Talking on the commissioning of the mineral evaluation laboratory in Sabon-Wuse, Niger State, Alake emphasised that the lab, the primary of its type in Nigeria, aligns with the important thing targets of repositioning the mining sector in step with his 7-point agenda.

An announcement signed by the Particular Assistant on Media to the Minister, Segun Tomori, on Thursday, stated the licensed lab will considerably profit the sector, as it can deal with mineral samples that had been beforehand despatched overseas for testing.

Alake stated, “You aren’t solely aligning with the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda but additionally contributing to our ministry’s seven-point agenda, with native worth addition being a important part.

“This internationally licensed lab will considerably profit the sector, as it can deal with mineral samples that had been beforehand despatched overseas for testing, positioning Nigeria as a key participant in world mineral evaluation.”

Commending ANRML’s initiative, the minister urged the corporate, which additionally operates an iron ore mining and processing plant, to maintain its funding efforts, pledging the help of the Federal Authorities for investments that may generate jobs for teeming youths within the nation.

In his remarks, the ANRML Group Managing Director, Alok Gupta, expressed his gratitude to the minister for commissioning the laboratory and reaffirmed the corporate’s dedication to partnering with the ministry to revolutionize the nation’s mining panorama.

“The world-class laboratory commissioned at this time will probably be used to research stable mineral samples. Recognizing the necessity for such a facility in Nigeria, we determined to determine this laboratory utilizing the most recent expertise.

“I’m proud to announce that we’re the one firm in Nigeria licensed with the celebrated ISO 7025 from the Canadian Affiliation of Laboratory Abbreviations and different internationally acknowledged accreditation our bodies for testing laboratories,” Gupta asserted.

The ANRML laboratory, geared up with cutting-edge WDXRF machines, affords a complete vary of geochemical companies tailor-made for the exploration and mining industries.