Answer:
(i)
Mineral resources is a basic requirement for economic development.
(ii) Every sector of the national economy? agriculture, industry,
transport, commercial and domestic ? needs inputs of mineral resources.
(iii) The economic development plans implemented since
independence necessarily required increasing amounts of minerals to remain
operational.
As a result, consumption of minerals in all forms has been steadily
rising all over the country and we need to conserve it for the future.
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