Sierra Leone benefits from a number of enviable natural advantages. It has a strategic location on the Atlantic seaboard of West Africa, with one of the largest natural harbors in the world. It has over 5.4 million hectares of fertile agricultural land and forestry, a significant amount of which remains under-cultivated. It is also seeking to improve the exploitation of its significant fish stocks, yields for which are, at the time of publication, estimated at more than US$100 million per annum.

Rich deposits of a variety of important minerals lie beneath the ground, including iron ore (Sierra Leone is home to one of the world’s largest deposits containing an estimated 12.8 billion tons of iron ore reserves), bauxite (of which Sierra Leone has significant reserves, including a reserve at Port Loko of around 100 million tons) and futile (Sierra Leone produced an estimated 120,000 tons of contained titanium dioxide in 2014, which accounted for roughly 14% of total world production). Between 2009 and 2012 the value of Sierra Leone’s natural resource exports exceeded US$1.2 billion, accounting for approximately 70% of the country’s total exports. The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) recognizes that the effective exploitation of the country’s natural resources represents its best prospect of achieving its aims under the “Agenda for Prosperity” (A4P).

Sierra Leone is currently seeking to rediscover the momentum it had before the Ebola outbreak. Patience, flexibility and determination are essential for successful investment in the country, and for capitalizing on the undoubted opportunities that exist.

Naran PGM Global Sierra Leone is committed to presenting viable investment opportunities conducive to rapid growth and the facilitation of the nation’s goal towards economic recovery.