Copper Intelligence to Begin Drilling in Untouched Eastern Congo Copper Belt Soon

Published: Apr 21, 2026 16:12

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The chairman of the board of US exploration enterprise Copper Intelligence stated that the company plans to launch drilling operations within the next four to six weeks, targeting a copper mining area in eastern Congo that has been largely untouched by major miners. The company believes the region is an unexplored copper belt.The DRC is the world's second-largest copper producer, behind only Chile. Last year, the country supplied approximately 4.8 million mt of copper, metals used in EV batteries and the clean energy transition. Previous exploration activities were primarily concentrated in the country's southern copper belt, covering Lualaba and Haut-Katanga provinces, where Glencore and other companies operate around Kolwezi and Lubumbashi.

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