DRC: DRC’s Mineral Wealth Meets an Infrastructure Bottleneck: Power, Transport and Processing Shape the Next Mining Boom

Sep 19, 2026
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) possesses some of the world’s largest reserves of copper, cobalt, lithium, zinc, gold, tin and tantalum. Frequently cited estimates value the country’s untapped mineral wealth at around $24 trillion, although this figure is based on older assessments and should be treated as indicative rather than definitive.