| Many similarities between the Kaoko Copperbelt and Kalahari Copperbelt to the Central African Copper Belt (CACB)
- The Central African Copperbelt (CACB) largest and most abundant mineralized sediment-hosted copper province known,with numerous mines and is estimated to contain over 5 billion tonnes of copper ore with grades up to 4%
- Sediment-hosted copper deposits are one of the most important source of copper next only to porphyry copper deposits and making up approximately 20% of all copper production.
- From 1905 to 1996 Ongopolo Mine (Previously the Tsumeb Mine) in Namibia produced about 30 million tons of ore yielding 1.7Mt copper at 4.3% Cu.
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