Sierra Leone: ‘Minerals Sector is Growing’- NMA DG

Jul 11, 2014 | Awoko
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The prophecy made by President Ernest Bai Koroma that by 2035 Sierra Leone will become a middle-income country, has been conceived by the Director General of the National Minerals Agency (NMA), Sahr Wonday who said “the minerals sector is growing, and it has the potential to transform Sierra Leone to a middle income country by 2035”.

He said Sierra Leone is richly endowed with mineral resources such as, iron ore, platinum, gold, diamond, bauxite, rutile, ilmenite, zircon, chromite, and rare earth elements such as columbite  tantalite (coltan), and the presence of these deposits represents major opportunities for Sierra Leoneans to derive optimal benefits from extracting, processing and exporting of these natural resources.