D.R.C. Congo remains almost the holy grail of mineral exploration with enormous high value reserves of copper

The DRC, despite some dubious political and economic shenanigans remains almost the holy grail of mineral exploration with enormous high value reserves of copper, cobalt , gold and diamonds as well as most metals and minerals known to man. The West African greenstone belts have been seeing strong investment which has transformed countries like Mali, Burkina Faso and has the potential for so doing in Cote d’Ivoire (if it can get over its recent political standoff), and perhaps Senegal and Sierra Leone as well. (Ghana is already blessed with a strong contributory mining sector) There is, also again, absolutely enormous iron ore mining potential in the region, although the associated infrastructure costs remain a hurdle to be overcome.