<P> As of early 2011, another eight junior Canadian mining companies including Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum Ltd. and Rubicon Minerals Corporation, reported holdings of copper and cobalt concessions in Katanga province . Nine Canadian junior mining companies, including Kinross Gold Corp., previously held copper and / or cobalt concessions, but have since abandoned them, or sold them to other Canadian or South African firms . </P> <P> In the diamond sector, Montreal - based Dan Gertler has been active since 1997 . while seven other Canadian junior companies reported owning properties in the DRC during 2001 - 2009, including Canaf Group Inc. through its 2008 acquisition of diamond mining company New Stone Mining, and BRC DiamondCore . </P> <P> Montreal - based Shamika Resources has been exploring for tantalum, niobium, tin and tungsten in the Eastern DRC and Loncor Resources for gold, platinum, tantalum and other metals . Two Canadian - registered companies own petroleum concessions in the DRC: Heritage Oil plc, whose founder and former CEO is Tony Buckingham, and EnerGulf Resources Inc . </P> <P> Up until early 2011, four of the nine International Finance Corporation sponsored or proposed D.R.C projects were for Canadian - owned companies active in the DRC: to Kolwezi / Kingamyambo Musonoi Tailings SARL owned by Adastra Minerals Inc. ($50.0 m., invested in 2006), Africo Resources Ltd. (acquisition of Cdn. $8 m. in Africo shares, invested in 2007), and Kingamyambo Musonoi Tailings SARL as acquired by First Quantum, proposed in 2009 at a value of US $4.5 million in equity funding . </P>

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