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Nigeria and the United States have signed a framework agreement to deepen American investment in Nigeria's solid minerals sector, with cooperation spanning geological data and exploration, mineral development and processing, infrastructure and technical capacity.

The agreement, signed by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, and the US Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, at Nigeria's Mission House in New York, is expected to provide a framework for business-to-business transactions aimed at developing Nigeria's mineral value chains.

The framework is also expected to leverage the bilateral relationship between both countries to attract investment into Nigeria's estimated $700 billion mineral resource base and promote greater value addition within the country.

Speaking at the ceremony, Alake said the agreement marked a shift from Nigeria's traditional role as an exporter of raw materials, stressing that the government's objective was to retain more value from the country's mineral resources through local processing, skills development and job creation.

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He said: "Some agreements manage the present, and some agreements shape the future. The framework we sign today belongs to the second kind. In signing this framework, Nigeria and the United States affirm a shared conviction: that the supply chains for these critical minerals must be secure, resilient and built on responsible investment."

The minister said Nigeria was not seeking to remain merely a source of raw materials for industries elsewhere, but wanted to develop domestic processing and manufacturing capacity around its mineral resources.

According to him, the framework would facilitate cooperation in geological data and exploration, mineral development and processing, infrastructure development and technical capacity building.

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