Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Sokoto state has discovered commercial deposits of Coal.

    This was disclosed by Governor AminuTambuwal in a statement issued by his spokesman, Imam Imam, describing the discovery as a major boost to Federal Government efforts at diversifying the country’s economy.

   The Governor made the revelations during a capacity building workshop on Special Purpose Vehicles for beneficial participation of state governments in mining.
   The workshop was jointly organised by the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development and the state Ministry of Solid Minerals and Natural Resources Development.
   Other solid minerals earlier discovered in the state included phosphate for making fertiliser, gold, limestone, gypsum, iron ore, copper, columbite, tantalite, zinc and kaolin, among others.

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