The Minister of Strong Minerals Growth, Dele Alake, has described African Pure Sources and Mines Restricted as a useful associate within the authorities’s efforts to advertise native worth addition within the mining sector.
Talking on the commissioning of the ultra-modern mineral evaluation laboratory in Sabon-Wuse, Niger State, Alake emphasised that the lab, the primary of its form in Nigeria, aligns with the important thing goals of repositioning the mining sector according to his 7-point agenda.
A press release signed by the Particular Assistant on Media to the Minister, Segun Tomori, on Thursday, mentioned the licensed lab will considerably profit the sector, as it is going to deal with mineral samples that had been beforehand despatched overseas for testing.
“You aren’t solely aligning with the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda but in addition contributing to our ministry’s seven-point agenda, with native worth addition being a vital part. This internationally licensed lab will considerably profit the sector, as it is going to deal with mineral samples that had been beforehand despatched overseas for testing, positioning Nigeria as a key participant in international mineral evaluation,” the minister said.
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, 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 revolutionise the nation’s mining panorama.
“The world-class laboratory commissioned in the present day can be used to analyse strong mineral samples. Recognising the necessity for such a facility in Nigeria, we determined to determine this laboratory utilizing the most recent know-how. I’m proud to announce that we’re the one firm in Nigeria licensed with the distinguished ISO 7025 from the Canadian Affiliation of Laboratory Abbreviations and different internationally acknowledged accreditation our bodies for testing laboratories,” Mr 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.