Views: 3,842   Over 500,000 Nigerians are directly involved in small- scale mining operations across the country, the Department of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, has said. Its Director, Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Director, Patrick Ojeka, who gave the figure in Calabar, Cross River State, at a … Continue reading Ojeka: Over 500,000 Nigerians are involved in artisanal mining