Mr. George Mireku Duker, the Deputy Minister responsible for Mining has commended the DML Investment for taking the initiative in seeking collaboration with the Ministry in the area of Ghana’s promising lithium industry.
According to him, the preactivity and sense of purpose exhibited by the firm with the decision to request funding for investment in the lithium industry is something the Ministry appreciates.
The Deputy Minister who spoke on behalf of the Sector Minister also used the platform to call on the Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) to make public information on their mandate and activities, especially on geological and Mineral mappings of the various regions of the country to among others help obtain investment into the country.
“At times we need to push to see how far we can go to make our institutions vibrant. People don’t know that GGSA has similar information. Will take it up and see how we can collaborate to deepen our search for the lithium industry,” he said.
The Deputy made this remark following a detailed presentation by the DML Investment on a proposal submitted to the Ministry seeking funding to undertake an exploratory and discovery exercise.
Professor Johnson Manu of DML Investment, who made the presentation disclosed that the geological exploration will empower the GGSA with information about the amount of lithium resources in the regions designated for the exercise.
According to him, early information and signs indicate the existence of a rich amount of pegmatites, but work needed to be done to convert the data into numbers to woo investors.
Mr. Nana Yaw Koranteng, the CEO of the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) spoke of the readiness of his outfit to support GGSA undertake the exploration and acquire important data on the amount of lithium available in the country and also chart further discussions with DML Investment.
He noted that the control of Ghana’s resource exploitation and harnessing must be in the hands of Ghanaians and that MIIF recognizes the need to leverage the information to aid the country during negotiations with investors.
