ECUADOR, A BECOME MINING PROVINCE?
Equateur Province is known as a major supplier of timber in the Democratic Republic of Congo and abounds in dense forest. In this period of global warming, where the DRC is considered a solution country by its forest, most of which is located in the Equateur Province, information informs about the existence of several indices of mineral substances in this Province and this, in all of its Territories including Basankusu, Bikoro, Bolomba, Ingende and Lukolela. These indices include the commodities below; Gold, Diamond, Coltan, copper.
It is within this framework that the Provincial Minister of Mines of Ecuador His Excellency Henry BALEKA BONGETOLA is staying in Kinshasa to lobby the National Authorities. His speech fell on the attentive ear of HIS EXCELLENCY ANTOINETTE N’SAMBA KALAMBAYI, NATIONAL MINISTER OF MINES who recently received him in audience and made him available to the specialized services of the Ministry of Mines, in particular the CTCPM, the CAMI and the SGN-C.
The latter, the National Geological Service of Congo, SGN-C in acronym whose mission, among other things, is exploration, opened its doors to the Provincial Minister of Mines of Ecuador.
It is in this context that a rich working session was held this Wednesday, January 12, 2022, led by the Director General of the SGN-C, Professor Dona KAMPATA MBWELELE, Doctor of Geology, who reassured the Minister in presenting him with the map of occurrences and providing him with the necessary information concerning the province.
Finally, they agreed to draw up a roadmap which will be submitted for the approval of Her Excellency the National Minister of Mines.
The future will tell us better.