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The Critical Minerals Financing Corporation is set to headline discussions on Africa\u2019s critical mineral assets at one of the world\u2019s largest mining investment forums in London, where more than 2,300 delegates and ministers from 60 countries will brainstorm on mining opportunities across Nigeria and the wider African continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CMFC, Africa\u2019s premier investment bank for metals and minerals, is serving as the Gold Sponsor of Resourcing Tomorrow 2026, scheduled to take place at the Business Design Centre in London from 1 to 3 December 2026, under the theme, \u2018Beyond the Echo Chamber: Turning Policy into Action.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The corporation intends to leverage the global platform to present a strong proposition that African critical mineral assets are bankable and financeable, provided capital is deployed through a disciplined process rather than deferred on the assumption of risk. In addition, CMFC will showcase live investment opportunities across Nigeria and the East African corridor while outlining the investment banking architecture it has established to channel international capital into these projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of its participation, CMFC is sponsoring the fourth Annual Government Roundtable, an exclusive ministerial meeting scheduled for 30 November 2026 at Canada House, in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom. The high-level gathering is expected to attract about 120 participants, including ministers, ambassadors, senior government officials, mining executives and institutional investors, with more than 60 governments represented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agenda focuses on securing mineral supply chains, mobilising private investment, accelerating project execution, and supporting responsible mining and processing across established and emerging jurisdictions. The sponsorship places CMFC directly alongside sovereign decision-makers whose policy choices shape the pace of African project development, including delegations from the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Republic of South Africa and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlighting Africa\u2019s strategic importance, Chairman of the Critical Minerals Financing Corporation, Lamon Rutten, noted that Nigeria and other African nations hold a crucial position in the global economic future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rutten stated, \u201cThe world is short of the minerals it has committed to build its future on, and a material share of what is left sits in Africa. What has been missing is not geology or demand. It is the institutional layer that converts a deposit into something an international lender can underwrite.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added, \u201cCMFC exists to build that layer, and London is where we intend to say so to the governments and investors who can act on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Equally emphasising the market dynamics, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of CMFC, Dr Israel Ovirih, asserted that institutions like CMFC sit at the strategic intersection of African mineral wealth and international capital markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ovirih said, \u201cAfrica is not at high risk. The absence of process is where we have applied verification, staged capital and conditions precedent; our transactions have behaved exactly as an institutional investor would expect them to. We are coming to London to argue that case in front of the people who price African risk, and to show them the pipeline it applies to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the main conference, CMFC will feature in two key speaking panels. On 3 December, Chief Operating Officer Ikenna Oguike will join a keynote panel titled \u2018Alternative Financing Models: Moving Beyond Equity.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The session will examine how streaming, royalty structures, blended finance and export credit agency support are replacing conventional equity in project finance, alongside senior representatives from global development finance institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second session, \u201cMining Investment Opportunities in Nigeria,\u201d will highlight the investment outlook for the country\u2019s solid minerals sector and emphasise the role of private capital in driving industrialisation and formalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, CMFC will exhibit at Stand H07, located beside the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, offering investors a unified access point to explore sovereign policy frameworks alongside bankable transactional pipelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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