Overview

World's highest-grade major copper deposit. Sediment-hosted stratiform copper.

Geological Context

Host Rock: Sandstone and siltstone (Neoproterozoic)

Tectonic Setting: Intracratonic rift

Geological Province: Central African Copperbelt

Metallogenic Belt: Central African Copperbelt

Operator: Ivanhoe Mines/Zijin Mining

Mining Method: Underground

Production Start: 2021

Source: Ivanhoe Mines reports; Hitzman et al. (2012)

Last Verified: 2026-01-15

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