
She explores the continent’s unique position in the global critical minerals transition, how governments are rethinking ownership and value capture, and what investors need to feel confident amid changing policy frameworks.
Namrata also highlights examples of successful policies that balance national objectives with sustained private capital and shares insights on how Africa can build a mining sector that delivers both prosperity and certainty.

Lindian Resources is seeking to build a vertically integrated rare earth supply chain stretching from its Kangankunde project in Malawi through processing facilities in Kazakhstan to downstream markets in Europe, highlighting the increasingly complex geopolitics reshaping critical minerals.

Governments are moving deeper into the mining deal room, shifting from traditional lenders and regulators to investors, customers, price-setters and strategic partners as countries race to secure critical mineral supply chains.

Karo has an open-pit mineral reserve of 2.1-Moz on a 4E basis and a Mineral Resource of 11.2-Moz. Potential underground mining could extend the project’s life to more than 50 years.