This word names the historical province where the Shinkolobwe mine provided uranium for the Manhattan Project. For 10 points each:
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What word, along with the French for “high,” names a present-day cobalt-producing province? Lubumbashi, the capital of a province with this name, was formerly named Élisabethville after a Belgian queen. ANSWER: Katanga [accept Katanga Province; accept Haut-Katanga Province]
[10e] Haut-Katanga is part of this African country whose largest province and capital are both Kinshasa.
ANSWER: Democratic Republic of the Congo [or DRC or DR Congo; accept Congo-Zaire; accept République démocratique du Congo; prompt on Congo; reject “Republic of Congo” or “Congo-Brazzaville”]
[10m] Lubumbashi is also part of a “belt” of this metal that includes the southern DRC as well as a namesake province in neighboring Zambia. Chile’s Chuquicamata and Escondida mines also produce this metal.
ANSWER: copper [or Cu; accept Copperbelt or Copperbelt Province]
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