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Nigeria

West Africa

NGA

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Titanium (Heavy Mineral Sands)

Strategic Resource

Metal • heavy_mineral • 1 deposit(s)

Nigeria has heavy mineral sands along coast containing ilmenite, rutile (titanium ores), and zircon. Used for titanium dioxide pigment. Requires systematic survey.

Coastal Heavy Mineral Sands

Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa

exploration

Security:2/5Regulatory:3/5Environmental:4/5

Occurrence Only⚠0.00 tonne(unknown)

📊Data Quality

Quality Tier:occurrence_only

Confidence:20%

As of:2024-12-31

Warnings

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

⚠️Low effective confidence: 20%

ℹ️No valuation scenarios defined for this estimate.

Sources

Coastal Mineral Resources of Nigeria
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography, 2022

No valuation scenarios defined for this estimate.

Cannot create valuation without quantity data.

Notes: Heavy mineral sands documented but not quantified. Similar deposits in neighboring countries (Sierra Leone, Ghana) are commercial.