*Photo: Kano State Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Safiyanu Kachako (2nd left) during a visit to his office by the Managing Director of Zarthwish Company, Mr. Alex Zhang*
The Kano State Government has assured investors in the state’s mining sector of safety and security.
The assurance was given by the state Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Safiyanu Kachako, on Wednesday, 4th September, 2024
while receiving the Managing Director of a Chinese mining firm, Zarthwish Company, Mr. Alex Zhang, in his office.
In a press statement, the Director Public Enlightenment, Kano State Ministry of Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Adamu Dabo, quoted the commissioner as saying, “both foreign nationals and Nigerians seeking to collaborate with the state government to establish mining factories within the state would surely have a safe environment to operate.”
He reiterated his commitment to “ensure an everlasting and sound harmonious working relationship with such Investors toward providing employment opportunities, as well as enhance state internal revenue, community development and safeguarding the environment from destruction as a result of the factories activities.”
Responding, the Managing Director of Zarthwish Company, Zhang, expressed appreciation for the warm reception accorded him by the commissioner.
He said “I’m satisfied with the abundance of deposits of different solid minerals in Kano considering the variety of the laboratory analysed samples displayed by the Commissioner and Director Solid Minerals Exploration, Alhaji Muhammad Bala during the interactive meeting.”
He promised to study the offer by the Commissioner carefully and analyse which area of mining activity his company will collaborate with the Kano State Government.
