KEY POINTS
- CMFC and Nigeria’s mines ministry will exhibit together at a London mining summit.
- Resourcing Tomorrow 2026 runs Dec. 1-3 and expects more than 2,300 delegates.
- CMFC will showcase deals in Nigeria and the East African corridor.
Critical Minerals Financing Corp. Plc and Nigeria’s federal government will pitch Nigeria mining opportunities to global investors at Resourcing Tomorrow 2026 in London next month, The Nation reported.
CMFC, which describes itself as Africa’s premier investment bank for metals and minerals, is the forum’s gold sponsor. The event runs Dec. 1-3 at the Business Design Centre under the theme “Beyond the Echo Chamber: Turning Policy into Action.”
More than 2,300 delegates and ministers from 60 countries are expected to attend, according to the report.
Nigeria mining pitch, side by side
CMFC and the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development will exhibit side by side, giving investors a single point of contact for both the government’s policy framework and the deals being structured under it.
The company plans to argue that African critical minerals assets can attract financing if investors deploy capital through a disciplined process. It will also showcase live opportunities in Nigeria and the East African corridor.
Before the forum, CMFC is sponsoring the invitation-only 4th Annual Government Roundtable on Nov. 30 at Canada House, hosted with Canada’s High Commission in Britain. About 120 ministers, ambassadors, officials, mining leaders and investors from more than 60 governments are expected, including Nigeria, South Africa and a large U.S. delegation.
Executives make the case for African risk
CMFC Chairman Lamon Rutten said the world is short of the minerals it needs for its future, and much of what remains lies in Africa. What has been missing, he argued, is the institutional layer that turns a deposit into something an international lender can underwrite.
Meanwhile, President and Co-CEO Israel Ovirih put the problem differently. “Africa is not high risk. The absence of process is,” he said, adding that deals using verification and staged capital have performed as institutional investors would expect.
On Dec. 3, Chief Operating Officer Ikenna Oguike will join a keynote panel on alternative financing, including streaming, royalties and blended finance. A separate session will set out the investment case for Nigeria’s solid minerals sector.
