How to identify, test, price, buy, upgrade and legally export Nigerian lithium ore. A practical field guide from the pit to the port.
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Lithium powers the batteries in electric vehicles, phones and grid storage. Nigeria’s pegmatite belt, running through Nasarawa, Kaduna, Kwara, Ekiti, Oyo, Plateau and other states, produces spodumene and lepidolite. Buyers from China, India, Europe and the United States ask for Nigerian lithium every week.
But money is lost every day on wrong grades, handheld “assays”, fake certificates, lepidolite sold as spodumene, unrealistic prices and cargoes that cannot legally leave the country.
This book explains the minerals, the market, the testing, the processing, the law and the paperwork in plain language. It also gives you the templates to trade lithium ore professionally.
Nigeria produces both. They look different, they are processed differently and they sell to different buyers. Chapters 2, 8 and 21 show you how to tell them apart and sell each one honestly.
Also covered: amblygonite, petalite and the look-alikes (muscovite, feldspar, quartz, tourmaline) that fool new buyers every season.
Read it straight through or go straight to the part you need, whether you mine, aggregate, export, broker or buy.
The energy transition, the lithium minerals, the global market and exactly how ore is priced.
The pegmatite belt, where lithium is found state by state, who mines it and what Nigerian ore is really like.
Sampling and assaying, upgrading ore and what converters do with your concentrate.
Nigeria’s mining law, the value-addition policy, export permits and responsible sourcing.
Buyers, specifications, offers, contracts, payment, inspection, shipping and scam defence.
Lepidolite in depth, by-products, sorting yards, logistics, finance, price risk and negotiation.
Lithium ore is priced per unit of Li₂O against the SC6 benchmark, then adjusted for grade, iron, mica, moisture, freight and the buyer’s processing cost. The book walks you through the calculation with real numbers, so you can judge any offer in minutes.
The worked case study follows a 25-tonne trial container of Nigerian spodumene from the yard to the invoice, week by week.
| Item | Figure used in the book |
|---|---|
| SC6 benchmark (FOB Australia) | ≈ US$2,250/t |
| Battery-grade lithium carbonate | ≈ US$19,750/t |
| SC6 needed per tonne of carbonate | 7.5–8.5 t |
| Nigerian 3.0–3.5% Li₂O ore (FOB) | ≈ US$930/t |
| Implied payability vs SC6 | ≈ 70–80% |
Indicative market figures, September–October 2026. The book teaches you how to price from current data.
A clean A5 layout with element-tile chapter openers, tables, worked examples, warnings and checklists.
Thirteen appendices go deeper, and ten toolkits turn the book into a working handbook.
A buyer-ready lithium ore spec you can actually meet.
Grade basis, price formula, inspection and payment.
Sealed sample sets and a chain-of-custody log.
From SC6 benchmark to a fair price for your lot.
Every document, who issues it, and a tick box.
Questions to ask before you talk price.
Step-by-step arithmetic for real price questions.
Lithium-specific SPA wording, including change in law.
A safe lithium deal on one page each.
Converters, traders and battery-materials firms sourcing lithium from Nigeria.
Sellers who want to grade honestly, price correctly, ship legally and get paid.
Producers who want better grades, sorting yards and fairer prices.
Intermediaries who need credible specifications and clean processes.
Anyone assessing lithium projects, plants or trading businesses in Nigeria.
Learners at the Augustina Impex Mining Academy and beyond.
Kolawole King is the Chief Executive Officer of Augustina Impex Limited, a solid minerals trading and export company based in Jos, Plateau State. He works daily with miners, processing plants, laboratories and international buyers of lithium ore, tin, columbite, rare earth minerals and other critical minerals.
He founded the Augustina Impex Mining Academy to teach the practical side of mining and mineral exports. He is also the author of Bastnäsite in Nigeria, Monazite Sand in Nigeria, From Pit to Port and Buying Minerals from Nigeria.
Kolawole KingChief Executive Officer, Augustina Impex Limited
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No. Grades, assays, processing and pricing are explained in plain language with worked examples. Technical readers will still find detailed tables, formulas and conversion factors.
No. It is written for foreign buyers as much as for Nigerian sellers, and explains Nigerian law, procedures and terms so an international reader can follow every step.
Yes. Chapter 13 explains Nigeria’s value-addition policy, the restrictions on exporting unprocessed minerals, permits and royalties, and how to confirm the current position with the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development before any deal.
Market figures and regulations were checked in September–October 2026 and are labelled as indicative. The book teaches you how to price from current market data and which authorities to confirm rules with.
This is Book 3 of the Nigerian Critical Minerals Series, after Bastnäsite in Nigeria and Monazite Sand in Nigeria. Also available: From Pit to Port and Buying Minerals from Nigeria.