As part of his official visit to South Africa, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (Micm), Víctor -ito- Bisonó, held an encounter with the Minister of Energy and Mines of South Africa, Gwede Mantashe, to explore rises of bilateral cooperation in the mining field, with special attention to the rare earth development potential in the Dominican Republic.
The meeting was held in coordination of the Ministry of Energy and Mines Dominican, headed by Minister Joel Santos, within the framework of a national strategy to promote responsible, sustainable and aligned mining with national interest.
During the conversation, according to a press release, Minister Bisonó He expressed the interest of the Dominican government to learn from South African experience in the exploitation and regulation of Rare earthessential minerals for energy transition and technological development.
The minister highlighted the need to strengthen Technical knowledgethe design of effective public policies and the identification of possible international strategic partners.
New industrial development window
“The potential of Rare earths In the Dominican Republic he opens a new window of industrial, scientific and commercial development, and for this we seek alliances with leading countries such as South Africa, “said Bisonó.
On his side, Minister Mantahest stressed that South Africa is in an active phase of rare earth explorationand has a consolidated mining industry and solid regulations that promote foreign investment and environmental protection.
- Proposed to maintain The technical dialogue between both countries, with the participation of specialized institutions such as Montek and the Council for Geoscience.
They also agreed to continue this dialogue at the technical level, to share knowledge, technology and good practices, as well as promote future technical and business missions, with the participation of the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Dominican Republic and the Dominican Mining Company, SA (Emidom), of State Single Capital, which focuses on the exploration of Rare earth.
Likewise, the Dominican participation in Mining Indaba 2025 was evaluated, one of the main international forums of the mining sector that will be held in Cape City.
Minister Bisonó was accompanied by the Dominican ambassador to South Africa, Erika Álvarez, and the officials Samir Sansur and Pedro Gómez.
