A Chinese company, Jiuling Lithium Mining Company is set to invest over $200 million in the establishment of lithium processing factory in Endo Community of Nasarawa State.
Xiong Jin, Managing Director of Jiuling Lithium Mining Company, who disclosed this during a tour of the factory site by Governor Abdullahi Sule, reiterated the commitment of his company to building one of the largest Lithium Mining Companies in Nasarawa State.
While giving specific technical details about the size of the factory, Xiong Jin, confirmed that Jiuling would pay graduates employed to work at the mining site a minimum of N500, 000.
Jin, however called for the State Government support in the area of security and infrastructure, and urged the citizens of the State to take advantage of company’s presence to aquire relevant technical skills to be able to benefit from the company.
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Governor Abdullahi Sule, in his part, appealed to the citizens of Nasarawa State, especially the youths, to make themselves useful by studying technical courses that would afford them the opportunity to be marketable and to take advantage of working in the sprouting Chinese mining companies in the State.
Governor Sule stated this shortly after inspecting the progress of work at the construction site of the Jiuling Lithium Mining Company in Endo, Nasarawa Local Government Area of the State.
The inspection visit was prompted by the governor’s recent trip to China where he visited the headquarters of Jiuling in Yichun, China and also met the chairman of the company who promised to establish similar industry in Nasarawa State.
Sule, noted that the only way citizens could maximise the benefits derivable from the Chinese mining companies coming into the State, would be for the citizens, especially youths to be qualified, having studied mining-related courses.
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