the President, Miners Association of Nigeria, on Thursday said the association would establish

the first Gold Refinery in Nigeria in 2016.

Shehu disclosed this in an interview with the

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

Her said the association had concluded

arrangement with a Dubai Gold Refinery

Company, United Arab Emirate, to establish the

refinery in Zamfara.

He said the refinery, which would be fully funded

by its counterpart in Dubai, would create job

opportunities for Nigerian youths and generate

foreign exchange earnings for the country.