Nigerian defence-tech company Terra Industries has secured a $1m contract from Anka Metals to provide security for a multi-metallic mining project in Kaduna State.
The contract covers the Jema’a Resource Project in the Gidan Waya area, where deposits of gold, lithium, copper and nickel have been identified.
Terra Industries disclosed the deal in a statement, saying it would deploy autonomous surveillance and site-protection systems to secure the mining operation.
The company said its ArtemisOS command-and-control platform would coordinate the security systems, including Iroko, an unmanned aerial vehicle used for aerial surveillance, Duma, an unmanned ground vehicle, and fixed sentry towers.
The systems will feed real-time footage and threat alerts to a central operations dashboard, allowing security teams to monitor activity around the mining site.
Terra said the $1m agreement represents the first contract under a broader security partnership with Anka Metals covering its mining portfolio.
The initial phase will involve deploying the security systems at the Jema’a project, with the partnership expected to extend to other Anka Metals mining assets as they become operational.
The contract comes as investment in Kaduna’s mining sector continues to grow.
In July, the Jema’a project and the Kaduna Mining Development Company signed a $500m financing and development framework with the Africa Finance Corporation covering mining assets in the state.
Terra said its commercial security division was established to provide protection for critical assets in areas where security coverage is limited and emergency response times are long.
The Anka Metals contract follows a separate $2m security agreement the company recently signed with two undisclosed lithium mining operators in Nigeria.
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Terra Industries was founded in 2024 by Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka and develops autonomous security and defence systems for critical infrastructure.
The company raised $52m in a seed funding round in August from investors including 8VC, Lux Capital, Silent Ventures and SV Angel.
Terra said its technology had previously been deployed to protect power plants, mines and other critical assets valued at about $11bn across several African countries.
Its product portfolio includes drones, autonomous sentry towers, unmanned ground vehicles and maritime surveillance systems, which are coordinated through the ArtemisOS platform.
The company said it expects to secure more than $100m in contracts by the end of 2026.
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