The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. George Mireku Duker is in Cairo, Egypt for the 2023 Egypt Mining Forum .

The two-day seminar scheduled for July 18th to 19th 2023 seeks to provide a platform for policymakers and stakeholders to deliberate on creating strategies for the mining industry to make noteworthy contributions to various economies.

Contributing to a panel discussion on how African countries can rake in enough benefits from their resources, Hon. Duker emphasized the need for major mineral producers on the continent to come together and deliberate on how to price their commodities.

“As established on the African Continental Free trade area , I believe as a continent we have to work together to deepen our relationship adding that in doing so we must also recognize that not less than 30% of our natural resources as far as our continent is concerned”, he said.
The Deputy Minister added that in 2021, Ghana produced not less than 22.2% of total gold produced in the world .

He, however, cautioned that working around if the continent is not careful and “if we do not thread cautiously prosperity will not forgive us”.

Hon. Duker indicated that “investors must not be seen as someone coming to exploit and go but someone coming in for a win- win situation.