South Sudan: South Sudan Eyeing Mining to Reduce Dependency on Oil

Feb 11, 2015 | Sudan Tribune
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Concerned about the current decline in prices of crude oil in the global market, South Sudan is turning to mining sector to reduce dependency on oil resources.

A presidential aide told Sudan Tribune that the country’s foreign affairs minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin is in South Africa to attend an investment conference on developing the mining sector.

“This is an attempt by the government to diversify the economy by exploring and exploiting other plentiful mineral and natural resources in the country,” the aide disclosed in an interview on Wednesday.