Investment Opportunities in MINING

Unexploited opportunities in ores, processing and diversification abound

Mineral exports have room for growth

• Rwanda's main mineral exports are ores processed to extract tin, coltan and tungsten
• Only 25% of ~$ 200M potential output currently exploited
• Significant opportunity to increase productivity through industrial mining

Work is being done to develop the sector

• A national mining survey is being conducted to identify mineral deposits
• A strong, investor friendly legal and policy framework being put in place

Opportunities in diversification and processing

• Significant opportunities in processing ores
• Diversification opportunities in quarries (for construction materials) and precious stones (gold, diamond, beryl, topaz, rubies, sapphires, gamets and other unexploited deposits have been identified
• There are major peat deposits in the southwest of Rwanda which are only just being exploited and could be used for electricity generation or processed as an alternative to fire wood