Ghana pitches critical minerals to Australian investors

Mr Klu said the country held more than a billion tonnes of iron ore resources and was seeking private partners through the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDEC) to explore the mineral resource.

While reaffirming the country’s status as Africa’s leading gold producer and a destination that had become attractive to mining investment over the past years, Mr Klu outlined vast opportunities in lithium, bauxite, iron ore and base metals among other industrial materials.

Addressing mining executives, financiers and policymakers at the business meeting in Perth in western Australia, the Deputy Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Maxwell Yao Akpene Klu, said Ghana was moving beyond its traditional gold dominance to become a strategic partner for battery minerals and green technologies.