The Nigerian solid-minerals sector rewards operators who build for decades. These four disciplines govern every ZOGA Mining asset — agreed upfront, audited continuously, and non-negotiable.
Every concession begins with a Community Development Agreement (CDA) negotiated with traditional rulers, LGA authorities, and resident representatives. Revenue share, local-procurement targets, employment quotas, and social-infrastructure commitments are written, signed, and enforceable before a single tonne is moved.
Rehabilitation and site-closure costs are modelled and provisioned from the first production period — held in ring-fenced reserves rather than carried as contingent liabilities. Operating standards meet or exceed NESREA and Ministry of Mines and Steel Development guidance, with third-party auditing on a published cadence.
Our commercial default is domestic processing and Nigerian offtake, not export of unprocessed ore. Where export makes sense, it follows beneficiation — not substitutes for it. Offtake agreements are structured as long-dated partnerships with Nigerian industrial buyers, not spot sales into commodity pools.
We engage the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Mining Cadastre Office, and Benue State authorities as strategic partners, not obstacles. Permitting, reporting, royalties, and production disclosures align with Nigeria's strategic-minerals policy direction and the federal government's 2030 sector targets.
For four decades, the default path for Nigerian solid minerals has been export of unprocessed or lightly processed tonnage at commodity margins. The value accrued elsewhere. The jobs accrued elsewhere. The industrial capacity accrued elsewhere.
ZOGA Mining exists to operate a different default. Our investment thesis is that a Nigerian solid-minerals operator aligned with federal industrial policy, long-dated Nigerian offtake, and genuine host-community partnership produces better risk-adjusted returns over a twenty-year horizon than a tonnage-export model — and keeps the strategic value of the mineral inside the country that owns it.
Community, environmental, and offtake commitments are audited on a published cadence. Where we fall short, we publish the shortfall and the remediation plan.
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