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World Bank increases mineral survey aircrafts

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April 16, 2022
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The World Bank has increased its fleet of aircrafts for the conduct of Airborne geophysical survey to boost mining activities in the South West of Nigeria.

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The mineral survey is being carried out by the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MinDiver) of the World Bank.

Dr Abba Usman, the Deputy Coordinator of MinDiver, made this known in on Saturday in Abuja.

MinDiver is a World Bank project under the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development with objective to enhance the mining sector’s contribution to the economy by strengthening key government institutions.

He said the aircrafts were increased from the initial two which were inaugurated by the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, to four.

The increase was to fast track the survey before rains set in properly.

He said that the four aircrafts had commenced search for mineral deposits in Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo, Ogun and Osun, adding that the contractors will move to other states after completion of the four states.

“More aircrafts were added because we needed to get accurate minerals available in those states, if rains commence properly, it will disturb the survey, it is meant to be done on dry land,” he said.

He said that the on-going survey came as a follow up to similar survey conducted across the country from 2006 to 2011.

“After the interpretation of the survey, some mineral potentiality, especially metallic minerals were discovered and there was a recommendation for another detailed survey to be conducted in 19 states.”

The survey would determine accurate mineral locations using modern-day contemporary aeromagnetic mechanisms.

The aircraft would be flying at low altitude, 50 meter above the ground level, about the height of a 15 storey buildings.

The survey would be conducted in 19 states including FCT across 121 local government areas.

The states are Kwara, Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Ogun, Ebonyi, Enugu, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Kaduna, Niger, Kogi, Taraba, Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa, Bauchi and FCT.

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