Resumen de MOTA 2015: : Africa urged to become more self-sufficient in mining investment
"Almost no investment is coming from Africa," [Chris Hinde] said. "Africans are not investing in their own mining projects. I know there are not a lot of funds around but there are decent pension and sovereign funds in some African countries. Even if they just invest a small amount of funds into their projects, the important thing is that they are putting some money into it." Africa still remains an attractive prospect for explorers of minerals, Hinde explained. "Around a third of the world's natural resources are in Africa. It is very prospective. In the long term, you have to be in Africa if you are going to exploit the world's minerals. It is not a case of 'if' but 'when'." Hinde previously told IM that during the Ebola crisis "expats left in their droves" but "mining companies will go back to those areas because you go back to where the deposits are - and there are obviously good industrial mineral deposits in those areas".
