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Trade-gap indicator: Zambia copper shows an elevated, persistent mirror-trade gap that is predominantly merchanting/transit-explained (the Swiss "merchanting" effect) — an indicator for fiscal-governance scrutiny, not a loss figure. Method & worked example → Separate context; it feeds no score.
Fraser IAI 2025 (Annual Survey of Mining Companies, released 26 Feb 2026; 68 jurisdictions, 14 in Africa; survey conducted Aug–Nov 2025). All 14 Africa-covered jurisdictions are now PDF-Sourced from Table 1 (back-check 2026-06-24); ∗-marked scores had 5–9 responses (lower confidence). The other 26 Afrimintel jurisdictions are Fraser-Absent: not scored by Fraser in 2025 — most appear on the survey's published dropped-jurisdiction list (<5 responses), the remainder fall outside Fraser's survey coverage. Absent, not Pending) + TI CPI 2025 (Feb 2026 release, full Africa coverage) + NRGI RGI 2021 (latest available; NRGI has not republished since) + EITI implementation status 2026 (binary membership input)
| Asset | Stage | Operator |
|---|---|---|
| Chibuluma | C&M | Metorex (Jinchuan) 85% / ZCCM-IH 15% |
| Kansanshi | Op | First Quantum (80%) / ZCCM-IH (20%) |
| Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) | Op | Vedanta Resources 80% / ZCCM-IH 20% (Vedanta regained contro |
| Lubambe (Konkola North) | Op | JCHX Mining 80% / ZCCM-IH 20% (acquired from EMR Capital 10 |
| Lumwana | Op | Barrick Mining Corporation 100% |
| Mopani | Op | Delta Mining 51% (IRH/UAE) / ZCCM-IH 49% |
| Nkombwa Hill | Exploration | Marula Mining plc (AQSE) 23.75% INDIRECT (via Xram Traws Lim |
| Sentinel | Op | First Quantum (100%, via Kalumbila Minerals Ltd) |
Attribution requires either the country stated in the asset record name, or an externally Sourced enrichment record carrying a named primary source plus independent corroboration (no inference — text-inference attribution was built, tested, and withdrawn pre-deploy after verification caught false positives; see the audit log). 47 distinct platform assets remain Absent pending continuation of the record-enrichment pass (duplicate-flagged records excluded from this count as of v2.22.0). Full asset layer on the platform.