Meet the First Licensed African Miner

Mining is simply the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth.

However, Dalo Danboyi B. Zang is the first Registered and licensed African Miner. He was born on October 7, 1927 at Gyel, Bukuru, Plateau State, Nigeria. 

Even though without a background of Western education, Dalo's aspirations were unmatched, as he gap the halcyon days of Tin Mining in Plateau State and had a career turnaround. He rose from a humble background as a Mining labourer to become a Mining Industrialist. Other Africans were inspired by his courage and passion for the sector and decided to join the mining business where they formed the Association of African Miners in 1966, with Dalo as the pioneer Chairman..

He also became the first Nigerian to represent Miners in the Northern House of Assembly, from 1963 to 1966. He also established the famous Zang Commercial Secondary School, Bukuru, which has contributed greatly to the manpower development of the country