After American-Canadian billionaire Robert Friedland found copper at Kamoa-Kakula in the DRC in 2009, he ventured into Guinea, on the border with Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire. Now backed into a corner with the Mount Nimba deposit, the mining magnate is using every available channel to get his iron on track.
Photo montage with : founder of Ivanhoe Mines Robert Friedland, former president of Guinea Alpha Condé, Liberian president Joseph Boakai and his precessor George Weah. © MONTAGE JA: Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters; Vincent Fournier/JA; JACK GUEZ/AFP; Susan Walsh/AP/SIPA; UNESCO
After American-Canadian billionaire Robert Friedland found copper at Kamoa-Kakula in the DRC in 2009, he ventured into Guinea, on the border with Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire. Now backed into a corner with the Mount Nimba deposit, the mining magnate is using every available channel to get his iron on track.At the head of Ivanhoe Mines, the American-Canadian tycoon has established himself as one of the key figures in the world of copper mining.
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