Robert Friedland’s HPX exercises option on Sama Resource’s nickel projects in Côte d’Ivoire
Robert Friedland, the famous Canadian mining entrepreneur who is developing the giant Kamoa-Kakula copper project in DR Congo, and the equally gigantic Platreef project in South Africa, is advancing on West Africa.
24/03/2021 at 05h02, by Africa Business+
HPX Inc., Robert Friedland‘s holding company, currently involved in an iron project in the Nimba Mountains, Guinea (as reported in Jeune Afrique Business +), gained a foothold in Côte d’Ivoire in 2017. As part of an option and joint-venture agreement with Sama Resources, HPX Ivory Coast Holdings Inc, has invested C$12 million ($9.5 million) on exploring the nickel deposits of Samapleu.
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