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Nigeria

West Africa

NGA

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Cobalt

Strategic Resource

Metal • cobalt • 1 deposit(s)

TRACE OCCURRENCE: Nigeria has cobalt occurrences but not major deposits. Ministry of Mines lists cobalt in mineral database but no active operators or significant reserves recorded. Only $134 worth of cobalt ore exported in 2023 - indicates very small-scale or incidental production. Critical mineral for batteries but not commercially significant in Nigeria.

Trace Cobalt Occurrences

Plateau, Nasarawa, Kaduna

unknown

Security:2/5Regulatory:2/5Environmental:2/5

Occurrence Only⚠100.00 tonne(unknown)

📊Data Quality

Quality Tier:occurrence_only

Confidence:15%

As of:2023-12-31

Warnings

⚠️Occurrence-only estimate with no confirmed reserves. Cannot contribute to headline totals.

⚠️Low effective confidence: 15%

ℹ️No valuation scenarios defined for this estimate.

Sources

Nigeria Mineral Database
Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, 2023
Nigeria Trade Statistics
National Bureau of Statistics, 2023

No valuation scenarios defined for this estimate.

Notes: TRACE: No quantified reserves. Only $134 cobalt ore exported in 2023. Listed in Ministry database but not commercially significant. Included for completeness of critical minerals inventory.