Mining site

KIPUSHI centre

KIPUSHI centre is a site of the Ministry of Mines’ 2025 list of artisanal and small-scale copper and cobalt sites (CARTOMINES) in Kipushi territory, Haut-Katanga, recorded as active at its evaluation of 1 April 2025, with copper as the mineral worked, on titles PE 12434 and PER 12234. It is also listed in ITIE-RDC’s study of 15 July 2025 and the SAEMAPE list of ITIE-RDC’s report of March 2023 (heading “Non toléré”). The 2025 study prints title PE 4018.

Evidence of commodities

site-specific copper

Location and title

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  • Approximate location

    Why it is approximate: Reported for KIPUSHI centre at the list’s evaluation of 1 April 2025; it is not established as an individual working, a site centroid, a title boundary, or a current operating location.

    Reported coordinate
    11.76814° S · 27.23516° E
    Precision
    Site-level coordinate reported by CARTOMINES; the datum and point-collection method are not stated.
    Evidence as of
    1 April 2025
    Coordinate reference system
    Unstated in the source

    Sites d'exploitation artisanale et à petite échelle du cuivre et cobalt en 2025 ↗Ministère des Mines de la RDC

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Reported mining title
PE 12434 / PER 12234
Mining-title holders
KIPUSHI CORPORATION SA

Connections

Reported means the cited source describes the relationship at its evidence date. Historical relationships refer to an earlier period. Announced agreements may not have been implemented. None of these labels confirms that trade continues today.

Mining-title holders

Sources

Sources support the description and the individual connections below. Publication and checking dates belong to the evidence: when it was published, and when this Hub last read it.

4 sources

Cadastre Minier (CAMI)

  1. Registre des droits miniers et de carrières au 31 mars 2026 ↗

    Published May 2026 · Checked 1 October 2026

    EN COURS DE CESSION PARTIELLE

    Biwaya-related title rows: printed p.20 row 542 (PE 2605), p.30 row 1041 (PER 9687), p.33 row 1146 (PE 11229). Kamilombe-related rows remain in additionalLocators.

ITIE-RDC / EITI

  1. Contribution à la mobilisation des ressources domestiques au travers de l’amélioration de la gouvernance de la filière artisanale cuivre-cobalt ↗

    Published November 2025 · Checked 23 September 2026

    CDM et THOMAS sont les principaux acheteurs des produits de Kasulo.

    p.174, Table 23 “PE occupés par des sites miniers artisanaux dans le Haut-Katanga”, row “PE4018 / KIPUSHI CENTRE / KIPUSHI”. · p.252, Annex II “LISTE DES SITES MINERS A SUIVRE”, under “HAUT-KATANGA”, row “8”: site “KIPUSHI CENTRE”, mining right “PE ?”.

  2. Rapport ITIE sur le secteur de l’exploitation minière artisanale et à petite échelle dans la chaine de valeur du cuivre-cobalt-zinc ↗

    Published March 2023 · Checked 23 September 2026

    la ZEA 786, à Kasulo, dans le secteur de Kolwezi Est dans le Lualaba

    p.271, Annex 13 “Liste des sites miniers artisanaux (SAEMAPE)”, column “HAUT KATANGA / Non toléré”: “KIPUSHI CENTRE”.

Ministère des Mines de la RDC

  1. Sites d'exploitation artisanale et à petite échelle du cuivre et cobalt en 2025 ↗

    Published 2026 · Checked 30 September 2026

    Sites d'exploitation artisanale et à petite échelle du cuivre et cobalt en 2025

    Map layer of the 2025 list of sites, at the address “api.php/sites/geojson” that the page calls; feature “74”: name “KIPUSHI centre”, province “Haut-Katanga”, territory “Kipushi”, title “PE 12434 et PER 12234” of type “PE”, mineral “Cuivre”, state “Actif” at the evaluation of “2025-04-01”; the feature carries a point.