Agbaja
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Locale
It is located about 300km south of the capital AbujaAbuja
Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...
, and more importantly about 70km from the heavy duty railway to the sea at Itakpe
Itakpe
-Industry:The Itakpe Hills in and around the town of Itakpe contain very pure deposits of iron ore. The National Iron Ore Mining Company is located here...
which is about 70km to the south.
Resource
The Licences contain magnetite to the extend of 2.0-3.3 billiontonnes of potential iron mineralisation grading in the range of 48% to 53% Fe.