Zambia

The Republic of Zambia, located in Africa, has a long history as a mining nation. 

While copper mining has been an established part of Zambia’s economy, the Zambian government has more recently pursued a diversification program to reduce the reliance on the copper industry and encourage development of the country’s rich resource base by promoting agriculture, tourism, hydro-power and mining of other minerals.

From a geological perspective Zambia has an abundance of mineral resources including copper-cobalt ore, gold, uranium, nickel, lead-zinc, iron and manganese.

In 2010 the World Bank named Zambia as one of the world's fastest economically reforming countries.