'Gold Mining Initiative to Fetch Nigeria N261.9 Billion Yearly'

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, has said the Presidential Artisanal and Gold Mining Initiative (PAGMI) could fetch Nigeria $675 million yearly (about N261.9 billion) as 400 trading centres have already been registered for licit transaction.

Adegbite who stated this during an interactive session in Abuja yesterday, gave the breakdown of the expected revenue drive to include, an annual average of $150m in taxes, $25m in royalties and $500m accretion to foreign reserves, by integrating artisanal gold mining activities.

He said, "Using a Centralized Offtake and Supply System supported by a Decentralized Aggregation and Production network, PAGMI' will buy all the gold produced by artisanal and Small-scale miners and aggregated by licensed buying centres and aggregators for supply to the Central Bank of Nigeria."
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