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People washing ore at Kolwesi mines,Katanga, the most southern province of DRC. Katanga
is rich in copper and cobalt, the latter being used in batteries for mobile phones.
© FairPhone
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This kind of abandoned mining site in Katanga could
become a geotourism attraction.
© FairPhone
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Copper is widely used in the electronics industry.
Here a multipin connector.
Thales Alenia Space © J.D. Dallet/Suds-Concepts
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SPOT5 imagery of part of the Zambian copper belt. AEGOS objectives include identification of innovative products,
services, and spin-off projects as well as capacity building in basic remote sensing and geographic systems. With the
help of optical satellites such as SPOT and Landsat Thematic Mapper which provide spectral and spatial characteristics
of objects, geological mapping and acquisition of good geological data can be accelerated. Courtesy Pr Imasiku Nyambe.
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Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt mine, Katanga, DRC.
© Commdev
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Native gold nugget (185 g)
coming fromMakosso Dimonika
placer (Republic of the Congo)
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F. Farges
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MNHN
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Native copper sample, Kamoto mine, west of
Musonoi in Katanga Province, DRC.
©
Geco
, courtesy BRGM
