H.E. Abdelkerim Mahamat Abdelkerim

Minister of Mines & Geology Chad

Abdelkerim Mahamat Abdelkerim is the Minister of Mines and Geology. He was appointed member of the Government of the Transitional Military Council on May 2, 2021. He was reappointed to the new Government of National Unity of the Transition on January 02, 2024. He did his higher education in Dakar, Senegal where he obtained a Diploma of Higher Studies in Social Sciences. He began his career at the Ministry of Public Health where he held several technical responsibilities. He held high positions including Director General at the Ministry in charge of Social Action. He also had extensive experience in a humanitarian organization where he held the position of Country Director for 13 years. He has a total of 30 years of alternating career between the public and private sectors and has good experience in the field of coordination, planning and management of sustainable development projects.

2024 Agenda Sessions

Creating a positive regulatory framework for a robust exploration sector

•   With the demand for critical minerals ever rising, how are African efforts to identify and exploit new opportunities working out?
•   How can national initiatives (i.e., cadastre system) help to promote mining and exploration projects?
•   Lessons learned from regulatory environments of other international jurisdictions.
•   Developing domestic capability - What can be done to mobilise more FDI into African exploration projects?
•   What role do Africa’s national mining companies play in promoting these actions?

Wednesday 07 February 15:20 - 16:00 Governments Stage 1

Intergovernmental Summit

Add to calendar 02/07/2024 15:20 02/07/2024 16:00 Creating a positive regulatory framework for a robust exploration sector •   With the demand for critical minerals ever rising, how are African efforts to identify and exploit new opportunities working out?
•   How can national initiatives (i.e., cadastre system) help to promote mining and exploration projects?
•   Lessons learned from regulatory environments of other international jurisdictions.
•   Developing domestic capability - What can be done to mobilise more FDI into African exploration projects?
•   What role do Africa’s national mining companies play in promoting these actions? Governments Stage 1 Africa/Johannesburg

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