Lithium, tantalite, columbite, tin and rare earths from Nigeria's mineral belts, with cobalt as exploration grows. SandLink connects serious buyers with licensed producers, with grades you can verify.
The battery metals and high-tech minerals the world is racing to secure, and where they come from in Nigeria.
Lepidolite & spodumene
Mined from pegmatites across the north-central belt and now processed in Nasarawa. Nigeria requires lithium ore to be processed locally, so supply comes as concentrate.
EV and phone batteries, grid storage, glass and ceramics
Heterogenite & cobaltite
Named by the federal government as a priority mineral, cobalt in Nigeria is still at the exploration stage. Register interest and we'll connect you as licensed supply comes online.
Battery cathodes, jet-engine superalloys, permanent magnets
Tantalum ore from pegmatites
The tantalum half of coltan. Dense, dark crystals worked from pegmatites in the central and northern states.
Capacitors in phones and laptops, medical implants, aerospace alloys
Niobium ore
Nigeria was once the world's leading source of columbite, recovered alongside tin from the Jos Plateau's granites.
High-strength steel for pipelines and bridges, superconducting magnets
Cassiterite
Mined on the Jos Plateau since the early 1900s. Cassiterite is still won from the Plateau and the tin fields around it.
Solder for electronics, tinplate, chemicals
Monazite & xenotime
Monazite and xenotime occur in the heavy sands of the Jos tin fields, around Barkin Ladi, Kuru and Rayfield.
Magnets for EV motors and wind turbines, catalysts, phosphors
Jos Plateau, Plateau State
Tin has been mined on the Jos Plateau since the early 1900s, and in the 1950s and 60s Nigeria was the world's leading source of columbite. The same granites and pegmatites carry tantalite and the rare-earth minerals monazite and xenotime.
Today the story is lithium. Commercial deposits stretch across at least eight states, and new processing plants in Nasarawa turn ore into concentrate at home, as Nigeria's local-processing rules require.
“The ground under Nigeria holds the metals the energy transition runs on.”
Tin dig at Godogodo, Kaduna State
Critical minerals are regulated and high value. Every deal goes through the same checks.
Mineral, grade, volume and where it should go. Selling? Tell us what you have and where it is.
We work with title holders registered with Nigeria's Mining Cadastre Office, not middlemen.
Grades are confirmed by an independent laboratory before you commit to a shipment.
Export permits, documentation and haulage to site or port, coordinated end to end.
Tell us the mineral, grade and volume, and we'll get back to you by email.
Licensed sources only
Every supplier holds a valid mining title.
Verified grades
Independent assay reports with every lot.
Responsible sourcing
No child labour. Local-processing rules respected.
Photos: Kaduna quarry and Jos Plateau by Pexels contributors (Pexels License); Lepidolite, tantalite by Shannon Heinle (CC0); Heterogenite by Vassil (CC0); Columbite by Ji-Elle (CC BY-SA 3.0); Cassiterite by Didier Descouens (CC BY-SA 3.0); Xenotime by Christian Rewitzer (CC BY-SA 3.0); Godogodo mining site by Valtino44 (CC BY-SA 4.0); 1953 Nigerian tin stamp by Royal Mail for Nigeria (Public domain). Specimen photos are representative, not specific lots.
