Mr Mohammed Amate, the Director-General, Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the organisation would in 2015 begin the registration and payment of all the mineral titles online.
Amate, who disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen said the office had already engaged the service of a consultant and the work had gone advanced.
He said the office would this year establish a website, where investors across the globe could register and pay for their mineral title online without coming to the office.
“What we intend to do this year; you can sit down anywhere, Google or go into our website and see those areas that you can apply for or not.
“This is a major thing we are trying to do. We have consultant that is working on that. What we are doing now you can apply online without coming to the office.
“We have already reached an advanced stage and this year you can simply submit your application online and pay whatever fees online and you will be granted,’’ he said.
He said that the mineral titles covered exploration, mining, quarry, small-scale mining, among others.
The director-general said the office had generated N800 million in 2014 through issuance of 4,027 different mineral titles in the country.
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