Copper is a mineral

Ukraine does not have industrial reserves of copper ores, despite quite significant prospective and forecast resources. 

In total, more than 150 copper ore occurrences are known on the territory of Ukraine, some of which can be considered as potential deposits.

The most promising is the Volyn-Podilsky metallogenic province, in which copper mineralization (native copper) was discovered in the trap formation and the promising Volynsky, Manevytsky and Kukhotsko-Volsky metallogenic regions were identified, and within their boundaries - ore fields. The total volume of promising copper resources (cat. P1 + P2) is 3.5 million tons.

To increase the mineral and raw material base of copper ores, the following are envisaged:

- increasing the volume of geological exploration work in order to identify new promising manifestations of native copper in the trap formation;

- conducting prospecting and prospecting and evaluation works in the territory of the Volyn, Manevytsky and Kukhotsko-Volsky metallogenic regions in order to prepare ore occurrences (areas) for exploration.