Akobo Minerals gears up for gold production start-up with opening of rural Ethiopian airstrip
Inaugural flight marks milestone in major civil engineering project to benefit both the local community and the growing gold mining businessOSLO, 3 February 2022: Akobo Minerals (Euronext Oslo – “AKOBO”), the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and mining company, has announced details of the first ever flight to land at a new airstrip which it has funded and built in Dima. The Super King Air 350 twin-turboprop aircraft carried representatives from Akobo Minerals and the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority on the inaugural flight and is a seminal moment in the ongoing development