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DRC's Bisie North Holds 10,600 Tons of Tin, Maiden Estimate Shows

DRC's Bisie North Holds 10,600 Tons of Tin, Maiden Estimate Shows
Thursday, 30 October 2025 16:01
  • Rome Resources reports 10,600 tons tin at Bisie North in maiden estimate
  • Project also holds copper, zinc, and 1.46M ounces of silver
  • Drilling to expand resource as DRC tin sector sees growing interest

Rome Resources on Thursday announced the first resource estimate for its Bisie North tin project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reporting an initial inferred mineral resource of 10,600 tons of tin.

The estimate, based on the Agoma and Kalayi deposits explored by the British company, incorporates results from diamond drilling conducted between 2023 and 2025.

 In addition to tin, the report confirms a significant polymetallic system at Bisie North, including 46,900 tons of copper, 86,200 tons of zinc, and 1.46 million ounces of silver.

This maiden resource estimate marks a major milestone for Rome Resources and a significant validation of the scale and multi-metallic potential of the Bisie North Project,” said Managing Director Paul Barrett. “The results suggest that we are only beginning to define a very substantial tin and copper system, with mineralisation remaining open at depth and along strike.

The company plans additional deep and step-out drilling to expand the resource, aiming to outline an additional 102,000 to 260,000 tons of tin. No timeline was provided, but success would strengthen Rome Resources’ longer-term goal of advancing Bisie North into a producing tin mine.

Next steps include converting resources into mineable reserves and conducting initial economic studies.

The DRC’s tin production is currently dominated by Alphamin Resources’ Bisie mine, which accounted for 99% of the country’s 27,100 tons of tin concentrate exports in 2024, according to official Mines Ministry data.

Aurel Sèdjro Houenou

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