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Lufilian Arc

Rank#2 of 13
Score / MSP / IC8.2 / 8.5 / 6.75
IC basisFraser 2025 (direct PDF read 2026-06-01): Zambia IAI 72.84 (Sourced) and DRC blended IAI 57.46 (Sourced). Methodology-canonical IC is Zambia-weighted 0.65/0.35 per methodology page section 07. DRC hosts ~70% of province tonnage; equal-weighting would understate IC. [ED-RECON 2026-06-01: methodology page governs; canonical derivation in ic_canonical_source.]
CommodityCu-Co · signal HIGH
Freshnesscurrent Zambia 72.84 + DRC blended 57.46, both Sourced via direct PDF read 2026-06-01. · all provinces
Country pagesZambia · DRC

Opportunity (record)

World's largest sediment-hosted Cu-Co province (Central African Copperbelt): ~152 Mt Cu identified in >80 deposits, with a USGS mean undiscovered estimate of ~168 Mt Cu — undiscovered resources slightly exceed known (Sourced: Zientek et al., 2014, USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5090-T). Extension SW into Zambia/Angola under Kalahari cover remains mostly unsurveyed; Ivanhoe Western Forelands proving this.

Assets in province (22, record-stated)

AssetStageOperator
Boss MiningC&MERG 51% / Gécamines 49% (restructured Dec 2018)
ChambishiOp
ChibulumaC&MMetorex (Jinchuan) 85% / ZCCM-IH 15%
EtoileOpChemaf SA (private, Dubai); permits leased from Gécamines 20
FrontierOpERG (private, post-ENRC delisting Nov 2013)
Kamoa-KakulaOpIvanhoe (39.6%) / Zijin (39.6%) / Crystal River (0.8%) / DRC
Kamoto Copper Company (KCC)OpGlencore plc 70% / Gécamines 25% / DRC 5%
KansanshiOpFirst Quantum (80%) / ZCCM-IH (20%)
Kapulo CuExp
KinsendaDev
KipoiOpSEK 95% — Tiger Resources delisted Feb 2020 → YYT (China) No
Kipushi (Ivanhoe)OpIvanhoe (68%) / Gécamines (32%, pathway to 38%)
Konkola Copper Mines (KCM)OpVedanta Resources 80% / ZCCM-IH 20% (Vedanta regained contro
Lubambe (Konkola North)OpJCHX Mining 80% / ZCCM-IH 20% (acquired from EMR Capital 10
LumwanaOpBarrick Mining Corporation 100%
MopaniOpDelta Mining 51% (IRH/UAE) / ZCCM-IH 49%
MukondoOp-linkedBoss Mining JV — ERG 51% / Gécamines 49% (operationally tied
MutandaOpGlencore plc 95% (claimed 100%, contested)
RuashiOp
SentinelOpFirst Quantum (100%, via Kalumbila Minerals Ltd)
SicominesOp
Tenke FungurumeOpCMOC (80%) / Gécamines (20% non-dilutable)

Province attribution is stated on every asset record (the p field) — record-stated classification, no text inference. Whether record-stated platform classifications carry the formal Sourced label is an open editorial ruling; this page does not claim it. Contrast the country pages, where attribution requires the record to say so.