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Nigerian firm, Dukia, Philoro of Switzerland sign gold mining, precious metal agreement

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May 13, 2022

A Nigerian firm, Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Co. Limited Nigeria, has signed an agreement with Philoro Global Trading AG Switzerland for the development of the precious metals small-scale and artisanal gold mining value chain.

The agreement endorsed by the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development and expected to deepen participation in the extractive industry is on the sidelines of investing in African Mining Indaba taking place in Capetown

Chief Operating Officer( COO) and Executive Director Dukia Gold, Paul Beesley, said the objective of the ‘Working Together Agreement’ was to bring about the establishment of a precious metals trading programme centred on Nigeria to service and support the country’s market and potentially use it as a basis to offer similar products to other African markets.

Besides, he said the partnership would assist in developing finance and technical support solutions to unlock Dukia Gold’s responsible sourcing of Dore’ strategies, including evaluation and development of new projects and supporting small-scale and artisanal mining programmes.

The partnership, he said, would strengthen and expand the Dukia Gold Precious Metals Refinery in support of the goal of being able to aggregate gold doré from third-party sources in Nigeria and across West Africa.

He said the ultimate target was to produce world-class good delivery bars and coins.

He said, “Our commitment to work together with Dukia Gold will further promote and develop other important and relevant opportunities in the precious metal value chain in Nigeria and West Africa, through skills and knowledge transfer, capacity and capability building and the institution of beneficial engagements with host communities.

“These are challenging objectives, but we are confident that with the right relationships and working within the right enabling environment we can achieve these and more.

“Together with Philoro Global Trading AG, Switzerland, we are embarking on a long-term relationship and will use our combined successes to build and showcase what is possible. These incremental victories then will form the basis for encouraging further expansion of the vision through definitive commitments with other global entities whose capabilities will further add to a more sustainable precious metals mining, refining & trading supply chain in Nigeria.”

Dukia Gold is listed on the Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE) and licensed to trade good delivery gold products on the LCFE, thus making gold available for purchase and investment by Nigerians on the floor of the Exchange, while Heritage Bank is the main driver and settlement of the gold eco-system in Nigeria.

Also speaking at the event, President of Philoro, Mr Rudolf Brenner, said, “We at Philoro are thus delighted to expand our presence and actualisation of our global vision and objectives in Africa and particularly Nigeria through this ‘Working Together Agreement’ with Dukia Gold and other identified stakeholders in the ‘Mines to Market’ initiative.

“The support which Dukia Gold has received from, and the commitment of the minister and the top echelon of the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development to the development of the mining sector in Nigeria are even more reassuring to our further engagements into the African continent.

“Today’s signing is a milestone, but we believe it is only a first step in a long relationship between the parties. The presence of the minister and indeed the ambiance of this gathering sends a positive message that Nigeria is a mining investment destination.

“This is important for what this represents to all concerned. The collaboration between the two companies shows what is possible when you bring together open minds in an enabling environment. The teams have been working between Lagos, Abuja, London, Zurich, Vienna and Johannesburg to develop solutions that will benefit Nigeria, Nigerians, Dukia Gold and philoro Global. It is a true success story in the making about the value of diversity.”

Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, said, “This is a fundamental major step towards trading of gold and gold products in Nigeria. Dukia Gold has been a frontier company blazing trails where other people have not been.

“They have done so much to try and bring the value chain in the gold business, gold assets to ordinary Nigerians. This will further deepen that with Philoro and its experience in this industry; Nigeria will have access to gold assets for investment.

“In this day of instability in currencies and volatility all over the world, gold being a safe haven does not have to be the exclusive of the wealthy, rich. Nigerians can buy gold coins which they can keep and invest in and trade. We are all part of this epoch-making event and I’m happy that we are all here today to witness this symbolic signing ceremony.”

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The Nigerian government and a shipping giant, Maersk, have not signed any investment agreement, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has said.
Onanuga was reacting to the controversy surrounding the reported sealing of a $600 million deal for the development of the nation’s seaports.
He said there was only talk “of possible investment in Nigeria” by Maersk.
Interestingly Onanuga had hinted about the deal in a tweet said to have been pulled down after the social media backlash.
After President Tinubu’s discussion with Maersk’s Chairman Robert Uggla on April 28, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the presidency had released a statement announcing that the shipping company had pledged to inject $600 million into the Nigerian seaport industry.
“Danish shipping company, A.P Moller-Maersk plans $600m investment in Nigeria. Danish shipping and logistics company A.P Moller-Maersk has disclosed a planned investment of $600 million in Nigeria to accommodate more container shipping services in Nigerian ports,” Onanuga wrote on X.
In a statement, Tinubu’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, also said “President Tinubu meets Chairman of Danish shipping giant Maersk, secures $600 million investment in Nigerian seaport infrastructure.” He quoted Uggla as saying, “We believe in Nigeria, and we will invest $600m in existing facilities and make the ports accommodating for bigger ships.”
In response to this. Maersk officials have denied any such agreement and stress no deals have been signed.
Onanuga in a new report by TheCable, an online news platform admitted no agreement on investment had been reached by the two parties.
“I think the statement issued by Maersk did not talk about a deal. There was no deal according to that statement that I read.
“However, there was talk of investment,” the special adviser said.
“No document or agreement was signed, so there was no deal. But there was talk of a possible investment in the country.
“So, go and read the statement again. They never said any deal was signed between the Nigerian government and the Dutch company. There was nothing like that.”
Onanuga however said the shipping company did not expressly deny that there was an investment talk.
He said people are “unnecessarily giddy over nothing.