JUST IN: Fresh Start: Kamlesh Pattni Makes Major Money Moves in Niger 

  Niamey has handed controversial Kenyan businessman Kamlesh Pattni a fresh lifeline, signing him up to build the country’s first home-grown gold refinery and gemstone hub. The agreement, inked on Wednesday, 23 April 2025, creates Royal Gold Niger SA, a joint venture between Niger’s government and Dubai-registered Suvarna Royal Gold Trading LLC, where Pattni is chief executive. Nigerien ministers Abarchi Ousmane (Mines) and Mamane Sidi (Budget) presided over the ceremony at Uranium House, as Pattni put pen to paper. “From now on, Niger’s gold will not only be extracted; it will be transformed here, for the benefit of Nigeriens,” declared Mines Minister Ousmane, hailing the pact as a “structural revolution.” Military
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