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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGOOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
ORIENTAL PROVINCE
Opportunities in precious metals mining sector in DRC Accra, 28th September 2015
Albert ZAMUNDU
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Agenda
• Overview of The Democratic Republic of Congo
• An Introduction into the Precious Metal Mining Sector
• Minerals In the National Economy• Small Scale Artisanal Mining• Conclusion
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Overview of the DRC
• Population 70 million• +3.4 million km sq.• Broken 11 Provinces• 10th in the world
ranking of mineral reserves
• Over 2.5m artisanal digger (1/2 specific to gold.
• 9 bordering countries & the hart of ICGLR
Province Oriental
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Precious Mineral Mining Sector
• Top Minerals: Copper, Cobalt, Gold, 3T’s & Diamonds• Top 3 Industrial Mining: Kibali Gold (RandGold), Tenke Fungurume & Banro
• Top Mining Areas: Province Oriental, Katanga & South Kivu
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Mineral’s in the National Economy
• Export 75%, Fiscal Revenue 25%, GDP 25%• Majority Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is in
Mining!• Challenging & evolving Market
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Small Scale Artisanal Mining
• Challenging with huge potential• Unstructured & Unformal• Estimated 500k diggers in
Province Oriental alone• Social Economic Impacts• 97% of artisanal gold
smuggled to neighboring countries!
• Sustainable & rewarding solutions exist: MineralCare
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Conclusion
• Opportunities are present for the right investor
• Challenges do exits• ROI are achievable• Transparency is key!• Training & equipment are
required• Social and Economic
Empowerment• Beneficiations is crucial!