{"id":988430,"date":"2025-10-25T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T15:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/?page_id=988430"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T08:35:53","slug":"message-from-the-chairperson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/message-from-the-chairperson\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Chairperson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"988430\" class=\"elementor elementor-988430\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ba8c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e5ba8c6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9988aad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9988aad\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Itzhak Fisher<\/div><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Chairperson, Board of Directors, <br> <i>Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) and Rwanda Development Board<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0a5c03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e0a5c03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa10c3 elementor-absolute animated-fast elementor-view-default elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"3fa10c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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As we work towards unlocking the full potential of our mineral resources, we must embrace innovation, modern technologies, responsible investment, and strategic partnerships that drive productivity while ensuring long-term sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Rwanda Mining Week has become a premier platform for meaningful dialogue, knowledge exchange, and business collaboration. It brings together key actors from across the mining value chain to share experiences, explore emerging opportunities, and shape the future of a sector that continues to play an increasingly important role in Rwanda&#8217;s economic transformation.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>As we gather in Kigali, I encourage you to engage actively, forge new partnerships, and contribute to discussions that will help advance a more competitive, resilient, and sustainable mining industry for Rwanda and the region.<\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">I look forward to welcoming you to Rwanda Mining Week 2026 and to the valuable connections, insights, and opportunities that this important gathering will inspire.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Itzhak Fisher Chairperson, Board of Directors, Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) and Rwanda Development Board Message To Our Distinguished Invitees On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB), it is my great pleasure to warmly welcome all delegates, investors, industry leaders, development partners, and stakeholders&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":987993,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-988430","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/988430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988430"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/988430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989458,"href":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/988430\/revisions\/989458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwandaminingweek.rw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}